Brenda Rivera Estrada Indicted on 6 Counts After Fatal Arizona Rollover Killed 9-Year-Old Daughter
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Updated · Fox News · May 26
Brenda Rivera Estrada Indicted on 6 Counts After Fatal Arizona Rollover Killed 9-Year-Old Daughter
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 26
Summary
A Maricopa County grand jury indicted Brenda Rivera Estrada on six counts, including manslaughter, after an April 12 rollover on Interstate 17 in Phoenix killed her 9-year-old daughter and injured three other children.
Toxicology results allegedly showed methamphetamine and marijuana in her system, backing troopers’ impairment suspicions after witnesses said she was speeding above the 65-mph limit.
Prosecutors also charged three counts of endangerment plus drug and paraphernalia offenses; the manslaughter count is a Class 2 dangerous felony, and she is being held on a $250,000 cash bond.
Rivera Estrada was transferred from ICE custody to the Maricopa County Jail after authorities had delayed charges while awaiting toxicology and crash-reconstruction results.
ICE has said the Mexican national entered through Nogales in 2009 with permission to stay 30 days and remained in the U.S. beyond that period.