Nicole Linton Convicted of 6 Murders in 130 MPH Los Angeles Crash
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 3
Nicole Linton Convicted of 6 Murders in 130 MPH Los Angeles Crash
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 3
Summary
A Los Angeles jury found Nicole Linton, 41, guilty of six counts of second-degree murder for a 2022 crash that killed five people and an unborn child.
Prosecutors said Linton deliberately accelerated through a red light that had been red for 15 seconds, hitting multiple vehicles at about 130 mph without swerving.
The dead included Asherey Ryan, 23, who was more than eight months pregnant, her boyfriend Reynold Lester, 24, their 11-month-old son, and two women in another car.
At trial, defense lawyers argued Linton suffered a seizure, but prosecutors cited no seizure history, a negative post-crash test, and evidence she had gone days without sleep and skipped bipolar medication.
Linton, a former Kaiser Permanente nurse whose license was suspended in 2022, is due to be sentenced Dec. 1 and faces multiple life sentences.