

Linton could face up to 90 years to life in state prison if convicted as charged, according to Gascón. The judge said Linton is potentially facing a very lengthy sentence if she is found guilty, noting that Los Angeles is not the woman’s home base or primary residence. He said she could reasonably post $300,000 bail.ĭeputy District Attorney Brittany Vannoy had urged Superior Court Judge Natalie Stone to order Linton jailed without bail, saying that the defendant is accused of “traveling at an excessive speed” and proceeding through the intersection “despite being faced with a red light.” One of Linton’s attorneys, Halim Dhanidina, told the judge that the defense is conducting an investigation into “mental health issues,” and said he didn’t believe there was anything to justify treating Linton’s case equivalent to a capital murder case. Linton is due back in court Monday for a bail-review hearing, and her arraignment is set for Oct. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said his office could not file a manslaughter charge in a case involving an unborn child. She was charged Monday with six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. The woman accused of causing the crash, 37-year-old Nicole Lorraine Linton, remains jailed without bail. They were all in one car, traveling to a pre-natal doctor’s appointment for Ryan, relatives said. Her unborn child, Armani Lester, also died in the crash and is considered a victim, along with Ryan’s 11-month-old son Alonzo Quintero and 24-year-old boyfriend, Reynold Lester of Los Angeles. The four other victims of the crash have been previously identified by the coroner’s office as 23-year-old Asherey Ryan of Los Angeles, who relatives said was 8 1/2 months pregnant. The page had raised more than $3,600 as of Thursday afternoon. On a GoFundMe page, Jasmond Nelson wrote that Lewis, her sister, had six children ranging in age from 2 to 23, along with a year-old grandchild. Lewis’ relatives told the local news station Wednesday they only discovered days after the crash that she had been killed. The coroner’s office also has not officially identified her as a victim. Lewis has not been formally identified as a victim by the coroner’s office, but relatives said she was killed in the chain-reaction crash allegedly caused by a traveling nurse accused of speed into the intersection through a red light at nearly 100 mph.Ī local news station reported that the other still-unidentified victim of the crash was 38-year-old Lynette Noble - who was a friend of Lewis and was in the same car with her when the crash occurred. to mark the one-week anniversary of the horrific crash. Relatives of Nathesia Lewis, 43, plan to gather at La Brea and Slauson avenues at 5 p.m. A nurse from Houston, Nicole Lorraine Linton, is accused of running a red light and speeding into a Windsor Hills intersection.

The four other victims of the crash have been previously identified by the coroner’s office.Friends and family of Lynette Noble gathered at a memorial on Wednesday night to pay their respects.to mark the one-week anniversary of the horrific crash Relatives of Nathesia Lewis, 43, plan to gather at La Brea and Slauson avenues at 5 p.m.
