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
6 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 26
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.
Facing manslaughter charges and an ICE detainer, will she serve prison time in the U.S. or be deported?
Her daughter is dead and she is jailed. What happens now to her three surviving children?
Despite Arizona’s strict laws, why does the state’s deadly trend of impaired driving crashes persist?