Kentucky woman Phoebe Copas allegedly shot Uber driver in El Paso because she feared she was being kidnapped to Mexico, now charged with murder

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According to an arrest affidavit, Copas began seeing signs to “Juarez, Mexico,” which is located across the US-Mexico border from El Paso.

Fearing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, the affidavit notes, Copas allegedly grabbed a handgun from her purse and shot Piedra in the head.

In a news release, police said the investigation does not support that a kidnapping happened or that Piedra went off track from Copas’ destination.

Copas allegedly took a picture of Piedra after the shooting and texted it to her boyfriend, police said.

Piedra died after being taken off life support, and Copas’ charges were upgraded to murder and bond was set at $1.5 million.

 

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According to an arrest affidavit, Copas began seeing signs to “Juarez, Mexico,” which is located across the US-Mexico border from El Paso.

Fearing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, the affidavit notes, Copas allegedly grabbed a handgun from her purse and shot Piedra in the head.

In a news release, police said the investigation does not support that a kidnapping happened or that Piedra went off track from Copas’ destination.

Copas allegedly took a picture of Piedra after the shooting and texted it to her boyfriend, police said.

Piedra died after being taken off life support, and Copas’ charges were upgraded to murder and bond was set at $1.5 million.

She’ll plead to Manslaughter 1, with a stiff prison sentence, (over a year), and a very long time on parole, in treatment for her fear-response threshold.