{"id":274161,"date":"2023-05-19T08:36:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T13:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=274161"},"modified":"2023-05-19T13:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T18:09:59","slug":"las-vegas-vehicular-homicide-suspect-gets-trial-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-vehicular-homicide-suspect-gets-trial-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Vehicular Homicide Suspect Gets Trial Postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Portland, Ore. woman accused of deliberately plowing her car into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip<\/a>, killing one, won’t be tried this month. On Thursday, a Las Vegas judge postponed the murder trial of Paris Morton after she filed documents to dismiss her public defenders.<\/p>\n

\"Paris
Paris Morton, formerly Lakeisha Holloway, at Thursday\u2019s court hearing in which she asked to dismiss her public defenders. She faces 71 charges, including murder. (Image: Las Vegas Journal- Review<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Morton was known as Lakeisha Holloway when, a few days before Christmas 2015, she \u201cintentionally\u201d accelerated her Oldsmobile onto the sidewalk in front of Planet Hollywood<\/a> and into a crowd of people. The crash killed Jessica Valenzuela, 32, a mother of three from Buckeye, Ariz., and injured at least 35 other people.<\/p>\n

Valenzuela was trapped under Morton\u2019s vehicle for at least 200 yards as pedestrians banged frantically on the car to get her to stop, The Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> reported at the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barriers have since been erected on many parts of the Strip to prevent the weaponization of vehicles against pedestrians.<\/p>\n

Fit to Stand Trial<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Over the past seven and a half years, Morton has undergone multiple competency evaluations at a state psychiatric hospital. In March 2021, she was determined fit to stand trial on 71 counts, including murder, attempted murder, battery, and child abuse. She rejected a plea bargain this week that would have avoided a trial.<\/p>\n

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Morton arrived in Las Vegas a few days before the crash. She told authorities she was living in the car with her three-year-old daughter. They were sleeping in casino parking areas until staff moved them on. Morton\u2019s daughter was in the car when she inexplicably used it to kill and maim pedestrians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Witnesses described Morton as behaving calmly after the incident. She matter-of-factly informed a parking valet of what she had done and asked him to call 911. She then parked her car and walked away, leaving her daughter in the back seat. She was arrested shortly afterward.<\/p>\n

\u2018I Am in Pain\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Morton told police she had not taken any drugs or alcohol, although a toxicology report showed she was above the legal limit for marijuana. She no longer has custody of her daughter.<\/p>\n

\u00a0She would not explain why she drove onto the sidewalk,”<\/strong> the arrest report states, though she said she remembered a body hitting her windshield, breaking it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A police source who spoke to KSNV<\/em> at the time said Morton told police, \u201cI am in pain, and I want others to feel my pain also.”<\/p>\n

Authorities believe Morton may have been trying to get to Dallas to see her child\u2019s father but had run out of money.<\/p>\n

No new date has been set for the trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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