A Texas mother admitted to operating over and killing her husband together with her SUV — however claimed she was drunk and solely meant to “hit” him.
Alina Gonzalez-Morelos, 37, “voluntarily” turned herself in to the Pasadena Police Division and “confessed” to mowing down her husband, 42-year-old Leonardo Mendoza, together with her Chevy Tahoe following a heated argument on Sunday morning, KTRK reported.
Gonzalez-Morelos had left a celebration and was drunk when she returned to her residence in Pasadena — about 15 miles southeast of Houston — and received right into a verbal trade together with her husband, Pasadena Police Officer Darby Slack mentioned.
“So far as we all know, there have been just a few marital points happening. She’d come residence round 2 o’clock that morning,” Slack informed the outlet.
“The youngsters overheard them having an argument inside the room. He exited, and she or he adopted.”
Following the argument, Mendoza left the house and started strolling down the road the place his automobile was parked when a witness at a close-by gasoline station mentioned they noticed “a black Tahoe exit the roadway, bounce the curb, and strike the male that was strolling by means of the car parking zone.”
The witness mentioned that after hitting Mendoza, the SUV fled the scene.
Police mentioned they had been known as to the scene round 3:30 a.m. for a “fail to cease and render help” incident.
There, they discovered Mendoza affected by severe accidents and rushed him to HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, the place he later died from his accidents, Slack mentioned.
Pasadena detectives then started a “thorough investigation” of the deadly hit-and-run.
Mendoza’s members of the family spoke to investigators, who revealed the SUV in query matched the outline of Gonzalez-Morelos’ black Tahoe.
After surrendering to authorities, Gonzalez-Morelos allegedly admitted to investigators that she accelerated her SUV onto the sidewalk and ran over her husband.
Whereas she informed investigators that she did imply to “hit” her husband with the SUV, she maintained that she didn’t intend to kill him.
The argument that allegedly sparked the violence is believed to have begun over a textual content message, in keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by the Fort Value Star-Telegram.
Nevertheless, the contents of that message haven’t been made public.
Gonzalez-Morelos has since been charged with first-degree homicide.
She stays in custody pending switch to the Harris County Joint Processing Middle.
Pasadena police mentioned the case has now been handed over to the Harris County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
