Maryland Woman Convicted After She Runs Her Husband Over With SUV
- 8 years ago
On Friday, a jury in Prince George’s County, Maryland announced it had found Araceli Alvarez-Mendoza, a woman who ran over her husband with an SUV last year, guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
On Friday, a jury in Prince George’s County, Maryland announced it had found Araceli Alvarez-Mendoza, a woman who ran over her husband with an SUV, guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
Among the evidence considered was surveillance video showing the husband, Fernando Fragoso-Duana, running while being followed by the large vehicle.
The car appears to accelerate, strikes him, drags him, then collides into a tree, rendering the man pinned below.
At trial, the jury was asked to determine if the crime was a case of murder in the first or second degrees.
After it decided the man’s death was not the result of either, the state’s attorney for the county commented that the defendant appeared as sympathetic.
In her testimony, Alvarez Mendoza said she was a victim of domestic abuse, and that at the time of the fatal accident she was only trying to ‘cut him off.’
On Friday, a jury in Prince George’s County, Maryland announced it had found Araceli Alvarez-Mendoza, a woman who ran over her husband with an SUV, guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
Among the evidence considered was surveillance video showing the husband, Fernando Fragoso-Duana, running while being followed by the large vehicle.
The car appears to accelerate, strikes him, drags him, then collides into a tree, rendering the man pinned below.
At trial, the jury was asked to determine if the crime was a case of murder in the first or second degrees.
After it decided the man’s death was not the result of either, the state’s attorney for the county commented that the defendant appeared as sympathetic.
In her testimony, Alvarez Mendoza said she was a victim of domestic abuse, and that at the time of the fatal accident she was only trying to ‘cut him off.’