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Women Who Caused A Crash That Killed A Man Pleads Guilty

  A woman has pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges for her role in a drunk-driving crash in Boone County that left one person dead and injured two others three years ago.

The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office announced on Thursday that Jessica Carapia-Cortez has pleaded guilty to the following Level 4 felonies:

  • Two counts of Causing Catastrophic Injury When Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .08

    or more.

  • Causing Death When Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated.

  • Causing Death When Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .08 or more.

  • Two counts of Causing Catastrophic Injury When Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated.

Carapia-Cortez is set to learn her sentence on April 9 in Boone Superior Court 2.


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