EAST LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A woman accused of fleeing to Thailand after allegedly killing an MSU student in a hit-and-run on New Year’s Day has returned to the U.S.

Officials say 57-year-old Tubtim “Sue” Howson is in custody while she awaits a detention hearing Tuesday that would clear the way for her return to Michigan. She faces state and federal charges related to the death of 22-year-old MSU student Benjamin Kable.

Howson is a dual citizen of both the United States and Thailand. She faces a faces a federal charge of interstate flight to avoid prosecution and a state charge of failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in death.

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A conviction on either charge carries up to five years in prison.