An Uber passenger shot the driver multiple times in the head, who later died in the hospital, because she mistakenly suspected that he had modified the route to kidnap her, theWashington Post reported.
Phoebe Copas, 48, ordered a taxi from Uber in the US city of El Paso, Texas, to go to a casino, where she planned to meet her boyfriend.
The murderer and the dead driver.
However, the woman said that during the journey she had seen an indicator of the Mexican city of Juárez, so she concluded that the taxi driver, identified as Daniel Piedra García, 52, was taking her to the neighboring country, before which he shot her to avoid it, reports RT.
The car hit the guardrails before coming to a stop on the highway.
The woman murdered him for no reason
According to the data of the investigation, the woman did not try to contact 911 neither before opening fire nor immediately after, but the first thing she did was send her boyfriend a photo of the injured driver and only then called the emergency services, indicates RT.
Upon arriving at the scene, the officers saw the boyfriend helping Copas out of the wrecked car. After managing to escape from the vehicle, the woman threw everything in her hand to the ground, including a gun.
Phoebe Copas, 48, murders her.
Copas was arrested that same day on charges of aggravated assault, but the charges were changed after the victim's death.
Piedra García was admitted under ventilation in a hospital, but when doctors told his family that he could not live without a ventilator, relatives decided to disconnect him from the device, says RT.
Investigators said the deceased did not deviate from the route and that the area is not near any road with direct access to Mexico.
The Uber driver never changed the route.
Copa's lawyer has not offered any comment on the new circumstances of the case, although his client's bail has been increased from one million to one million dollars to one and a half million, RT reports.
The Uber app offers multiple options to ensure the safety of its passengers and contact 911 or the police in case of danger.
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