{"id":439489,"date":"2022-02-21T00:22:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=439489"},"modified":"2022-02-21T00:22:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:22:10","slug":"suspect-in-vegas-strip-crash-is-distraught-attorney-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=439489","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in Vegas Strip crash is distraught, attorney says"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Suspect in Vegas Strip crash is distraught, attorney says<\/h2>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By  <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span>  22:43 GMT, 23 December 2015  <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span>  22:44 GMT, 23 December 2015  <\/span> <\/p>\n<div id=\"articleIconLinksContainer\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook-long\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-flipboard\">  <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-fbmessenger\">  <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">  <\/li>\n<p> &lt;li data-anchor=&quot;tl&quot; data-twitter-status=&quot; website via @&quot; data-formatted-headline=&quot;Suspect in Vegas Strip crash is distraught, attorney says&quot; data-hide-email=&quot;true&quot; data-article-id=&quot;3371583&quot; data-article-channel-follow-button=&quot;&quot; data-is-channel=&quot;false&quot; id=&quot;shareLinkTop&quot; class=&quot;share-icons&quot; data-placement=&quot;top&quot; website  <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <!-- ad: website --> <\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 A woman accused of intentionally plowing a car carrying her child through crowds of pedestrians on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk is distraught and overwhelmed, her defense attorney said after she briefly appeared in court for the first time.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, 24, pursed her lips and blinked as she was led in shackles into a courtroom.She was not asked to enter a plea but nodded to acknowledge that she would remain in jail through the holidays while both sides investigate Sunday&#8217;s crash that killed an Arizona woman and injured dozens of others.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">&#8220;This is sad and tragic for everybody involved,&#8221; defense lawyer Joseph Abood said after the hearing, adding, &#8220;Just because she&#8217;s charged, doesn&#8217;t mean she&#8217;s guilty.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-4191e467fe6090dc\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, center, appears with her public defenders Joseph Abood, left, and Scott Coffee in district court for her arraignment Wednesday, Dec...\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, center, appears with her public defenders Joseph Abood, left, and Scott Coffee in district court for her arraignment Wednesday, Dec.23, 2015, in Las Vegas. Holloway, who crashed her car into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, Dec. 20, has been charged with murder, child abuse and  <a href=\"https:\/\/julltagi.com\/\">\uc0cc\uc988\uce74\uc9c0\ub178<\/a> hit-and-run. (AP Photo\/Chase Stevens)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">A coroner later ruled the death of Jessica Valenzuela, 32, of Buckeye, Arizona, a homicide.The finding means it wasn&#8217;t an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deer-digest.com\/?s=accident\">accident<\/a> but doesn&#8217;t find fault. Valenzuela died from multiple blunt-force injuries, Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Prosecutors and defense attorneys called the ruling expected.Abood said it didn&#8217;t reveal new details about the case.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">&#8220;It says this victim died as a result of her injuries,&#8221; Abood said. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t answer the surrounding questions. We still don&#8217;t have enough information to know how or why this happened.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Prosecutors aim to show Holloway meant to kill and injure people when she drove her car onto the sidewalk in front of the Planet Hollywood and Paris Las Vegas resorts, District Attorney Steve Wolfson said.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Casino and street surveillance video of the crash is &#8220;superb&#8221; quality, Wolfson said, adding that he believes it clearly shows Holloway&#8217;s intentions.The video may not be made public until a later court hearing.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Holloway is charged with murder, felony hit-and-run and child endangerment. Additional charges are likely, depending on the results of drug and alcohol tests and police findings, Wolfson said.They could include multiple counts of attempted murder with a deadly weapon.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">&#8220;If you intentionally try and run somebody over, that certainly qualifies as an attempted murder charge, and that&#8217;s one we are strongly considering,&#8221; he said.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Police and firefighters say hospitals treated at least 35 people from several states, Mexico and Canada.Six people remained hospitalized Wednesday, including two in critical condition.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">A judge set a Jan. 20 date to schedule a preliminary hearing of evidence that police say they&#8217;re still collecting. Holloway plans to plead not guilty when the time comes, Abood said.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">The deputy public defender, who represented another driver in a similar crash on the Strip in September 2005, said the defense team needs to see police reports, witness accounts and video before deciding on Holloway&#8217;s defense.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Holloway is on suicide watch in jail, where she is being held without bail.Her lawyers said Holloway&#8217;s mental health could become an issue, but that she had not had a psychological evaluation.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Abood said he and co-counsel Scott Coffee had heard nothing but good things about Holloway&#8217;s past.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">&#8220;This is a surprise to everyone,&#8221; Abood said.&#8221;We have a lot of investigating and a lot of work to do.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Holloway was from Portland, Oregon, and had been in Las Vegas for about a week, authorities said.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">She told police after she was arrested that she was broke, homeless and tired of being shooed away from casino parking garages, where she and her daughter had been sleeping in a 1996 Oldsmobile.The girl wasn&#8217;t hurt in the crash, and child welfare officials are caring for her.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">In Oregon, where she changed her name in October to Paris Paradise Morton, Holloway won honors for overcoming a rough childhood and homelessness to graduate with acclaim from an alternative high school.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">The U.S.Forest Service hired her in 2009 to do administrative work in its Portland office. Holloway took a four-month break in late 2010 and resigned in 2012, spokesman Glen Sachet said.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">The nonprofit Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, which helps at-risk youths with education and job training, featured Holloway in a 2012 video in which she said she was going to college and entering the workforce.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">&#8220;Today I&#8217;m not the same scared girl I used to be,&#8221; Holloway said in the video.&#8221;I&#8217;m a mature young woman.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-fda492917b1f9c57\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Public defender Joseph Abood speaks following the arraignment of Lakeisha Nicole Holloway in district court Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in Las Vegas. Holloway,...\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Public defender Joseph Abood speaks following the arraignment of Lakeisha Nicole Holloway in district court Wednesday, Dec.23, 2015, in Las Vegas. Holloway, who crashed her car into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, Dec. 20, has been charged with murder, child abuse and hit-and-run. (AP Photo\/Chase Stevens)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-96cffb97eb1d1657\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson speaks following the arraignment of Lakeisha Nicole Holloway in district court Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in Las ...\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson speaks following the arraignment of Lakeisha Nicole Holloway in district court Wednesday, Dec.23, 2015, in Las Vegas. Holloway, who crashed her car into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, Dec. 20, has been charged with murder, child abuse and hit-and-run. (AP Photo\/Chase Stevens)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-294dd9aa928d2f30\" height=\"744\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, left, confers with one of her public defenders, Scott Coffee, in district court for her arraignment Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in La...\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, left, confers with one of her public defenders, Scott Coffee, in district court for her arraignment Wednesday, Dec.23, 2015, in Las Vegas. Holloway, who crashed her car into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, Dec. 20, has been charged with murder, child abuse and hit-and-run. (AP Photo\/Chase Stevens)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-977c55c103fbeedd\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\" alt=\"People stop to look at makeshift memorial for crash victims on the strip in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. A woman accused of intentionally plowing a c...\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">People stop to look at makeshift memorial for crash victims on the strip in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec.<\/p>\n<p>22, 2015. A woman accused of intentionally plowing a car carrying her young daughter through crowds of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip was charged Tuesday with murder, child abuse and hit-and-run. The crash killed Jessica Valenzuela, 32, of Buckeye, Ariz., and injured at least 35 people.<\/p>\n<p>(AP Photo\/Brian Skoloff)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-2df0facb136199e0\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Police and emergency crews respond to the scene of an incident along Las Vegas Boulevard, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Las Vegas. A woman intentionally swerved ...\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Police and emergency crews respond to the scene of an incident along Las Vegas Boulevard, Sunday, Dec.20, 2015, in Las Vegas. A woman intentionally swerved her car onto a busy sidewalk two or three times Sunday and mowed down people outside a casino, killing one person and injuring at least 30 others, police said. (AP Photo\/John Locher)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hubzum.zumst.com\/hubzum\/2017\/06\/15\/09\/1b1f04b204f044328fab6ee694b77dad_780x0c.jpg\" style=\"max-width:430px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-f8aa18cf09c6558c\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Police and emergency crews respond to the scene of a car accident along Las Vegas Boulevard, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Police and emergency crews respond to the scene of a car accident along Las Vegas Boulevard, Sunday, Dec.<u><strong>20, 2015, in Las Vegas. 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