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Murder charge for Vegas car slammer
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A WOMAN accused of intentionally plowing a car carrying her young daughter through crowds of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip has been charged with murder, child abuse and hit-and-run.
District Attorney Steve Wolfson said he expects to file additional charges against Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, 24, in coming days.
“This is an ongoing investigation with many items of video, physical evidence and many, many witnesses to be interviewed,” Wolfson said. “I’ve personally seen the videos from a variety of angles, and I’m appalled at the callousness of this defendant’s conduct and what appears to be an intentional act.”
The casino surveillance video has not been made public, and Wolfson said prosecutors don’t plan to present it in court yesterday, when Holloway is scheduled to make her first appearance.
One of Holloway’s public defense attorneys, Joseph Abood, said she plans to plead not guilty.
Authorities say Holloway repeatedly swerved on Sunday onto the sidewalk packed with tourists in front of the Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood casino-hotels.
Critical condition
The crash killed Jessica Valenzuela, 32, of Arizona, and injured at least 35 people from California, Colorado, Florida, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington state, Mexico and Quebec, Canada. Three were still in critical condition on Tuesday and five others remained hospitalized.
“We can all agree this is a shocking and tragic event,” Abood said. “We have great sympathy for the family of Jessica Valenzuela and all the other people who were injured.”
Holloway is on suicide watch in jail, where she is being held without bail. Abood said he and another public defender, Scott Coffee, were still collecting information and didn’t know whether Holloway’s mental health will emerge as a defense.
Holloway was charged with the felony child abuse and neglect because police say her 3-year-old daughter was with her in the vehicle. The child wasn’t hurt and is now in custody of child protective services.
Authorities have said a motive for the crash was unclear.
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