Authorities say Gonzalez-Perez was at the wheel of a borrowed pickup truck the night of June 14 when it swerved onto the shoulder and hit 19-year-old Nayasheika Cooper from behind.
The driver sped off and left Cooper to die on the side of the road, according to police.
Cooper was walking with her 3-year-old son from their home on Commerce Road to a nearby convenience store.
Gonzalez-Perez allegedly was drunk at the time.
A Mexican national, he is in the country illegally and worked at a local poultry plant under an assumed identity.
Police investigated for a week before locating the damaged pickup and the teen at his apartment complex on Sunset Drive.
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