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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:14px"><strong>Los Angeles police thought Nicole Linton, had initially driven her Mercedes at 90 mph whenr smashing it into traffic and causing a fiery wreck that killed six people, on Aug 4 </strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:14px"><strong><strong>Travelling ICU nurse Linton, 37, was driving at 130 mph, 40 mph than cops initially believed, when she sped into several cars and caused a deadly car crash at the intersection of La Brea and Slauson Aves in downtown LA </strong></strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:14px"><strong>Those killed include 81/2-month pregnant Asherey Ryan, 23, and her unborn child, <strong>along with</strong></strong> <strong>her 11-month-old son Alonzo Quintero and her boyfriend, Reynold Lester, 24</strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:14px"><strong>Lynette Noble, 38, her travelling companion Nathesia Lewis, 42, as well as another motorist, <strong><strong>Craig Pitchford, </strong></strong></strong>w<strong>ere also killed </strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:14px"><strong>Linton is a traveling nurse from Houston, Texas but was working in LA at the time</strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:14px"><strong>Court documents showed the speeding driver had suffered from years of severe mental health issues which began to show up as bipolar disorder in 2018</strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:14px"><strong>She&#8217;s been jailed without bail since the crash and will remain there after prosecutors opposed bail, arguing she is a danger to the community and a flight risk</strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:14px"><strong>Defense filing detailed years of alarming behavior including panic attacks, self-harm, and Linton&#8217;s belief she was being possessed by her dead grandmother</strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:14px"><strong>Contrary to defense argument that she was unconscious at the time of the crash, p<strong>rosecutors</strong></strong> <strong>are claiming that Linton<strong> &#8216;was conscious and deliberate in her driving,&#8217; when the deadly accident happened</strong></strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:14px"><strong>Linton could face 90 years to life in prison if convicted of all six murder charges </strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nicole-Linton-11.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-416748" width="840" height="801"/><figcaption><strong>Nicole Linton, 37, was driving at 130 mph &#8211; 40 mph than cops initially believed &#8211; ; when she sped into several cars and caused a deadly car crash that killed six people on La Brea and Slauson Aves in downtown Los Angeles on Aug 4</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>A nurse deemed &#8216;mentally unstable&#8217; reached a terrifying speed of 130mph when she killed six people in a blazing car crash in Los Angeles last month &#8211; more than 40 mph faster than than police originally thought. <br>The the filing which was released Friday states that Nicole Linton, 37, originally was thought to have bulldozed her Mercedes-Benz through a red light at La Brea and Slauson Avenues on August 4, while travelling at a speed of 90mph. <br>Instead, as court documents now allege, Linton was in fact diving at a considerably faster speed &#8211; and she &#8216;deliberately&#8217; floored the accelerator for at least five seconds before reaching the crowded intersection. <br>Court records revealed: &#8216;Further analysis reveals that her speed at impact was in fact 130 mph and that she floored the gas pedal for at least the 5 seconds leading into the crash, going from 122 mph to 130 mph.&#8217; </p>



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</div><figcaption><strong>Street cameras captured the moment Nicole Linton barreled <strong>her Mercedes Benz vehicle</strong></strong> <strong>at high speed into an LA intersection, ploughing through traffic stalled at the lights</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>While the defendant&#8217;s attorneys claimed she had been unconscious at the time, the charging papers are now suggesting that the errant nurse had been in &#8216;complete control over steering, maintaining the tilt of the steering wheel to keep her car traveling directly toward the crowded intersection.&#8217;<br>&#8216;This NASCAR-worthy performance flies in the face of the notion that she was unconscious or incapacitated,&#8217; prosecutors said in the court filing. <br>In fact, the alleged killer was &#8216;was conscious and deliberate in her driving,&#8217; they claim. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-18.png" alt="" class="wp-image-416752" width="848" height="445"/><figcaption><strong>Linton was recorded speeding through a ;red light at was initially believed to be 90mph, but now known to be 130mph, plowing into cars at a busy intersection on Aug 4. Six people including one unborn baby were killed</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fire-resulting-from-Nicole-Linton-car-crash-in-LA-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-416762" width="838" height="654"/><figcaption><strong>Close-up of vehicles turned into a fiery funeral pyre after Linton barreled at high speed into an LA intersection, ploughing through cars stalled at the traffic light</strong>.<strong> Causing a flaming inferno in the Windsor Hills district of Los Angeles on Aug 4</strong><br></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Cops-investigate-after-resulting-from-Nicole-Linton-car-crash-in-LA-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-416765" width="844" height="549"/><figcaption><strong>LAPD officers investigate the deadly aftermath of the crash, which killed six people at an intersection in Los Angeles, last month. According to prosecutors, this was no accident, rather Linton &#8216;was conscious and deliberate in her driving&#8217;</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-21.png" alt="" class="wp-image-416778" width="841" height="540"/><figcaption><strong>The black Mercedes Benz car [left], that Linton was driving was totally wrecked in the crash. She survived the crash but six others died, including heavily pregnant Asherey Ryan and her one-year-old son, Alonzo</strong></figcaption></figure>



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</div><figcaption><strong>The Mercedes driver, ICU nurse Nicole Linton appeared in court before bail hearing delayed again. She&#8217;s charged with six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in connection with the crash </strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-22.png" alt="" class="wp-image-416782" width="839" height="823"/><figcaption><strong>Driver: Traveling nurse Nicole Linton, 37, from Houston, Texas could face 90 years to life in prison if convicted of all charges. She remains behind bars after Los Angeles DA opposed setting bail</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>After her arrest, Linton was charged with six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in connection with the crash. ;<br>The 37-year-old traveling nurse from Houston, Texas could face 90 years to life in prison if convicted of all charges. <br>One of the murder charges was filed for the unborn son of victim Asherey Ryan, who was eight-months-pregnant when she was killed. ;The crash also killed Ryan&#8217;s 11-month-old son Alonzo Quintero and her boyfriend, Reynold Lester. ;Lester was the father of the unborn child.<br>The family has said Ryan was on the way to a doctor&#8217;s appointment for a prenatal checkup when she was killed. <br>One murder charge, but not an additional charge of vehicular manslaughter, was filed for the fetus, who was identified by the coroner&#8217;s office as Armani Lester and listed as born on the same day he died. <br>&#8216;A young family was destroyed in the blink of an eye,&#8217; LA District Attorney George Gascón, who opposed to set bail for Linton, said at a news conference. <br>Two other female victims were later identified as Lynette Noble, 38, and Nathesia Lewis, 42. They were driving together when their car instantly burst into flames. The bodies of the two weren&#8217;t immediately identified due to severe trauma.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-14.png" alt="" class="wp-image-416743" width="805" height="1165"/><figcaption><strong>Victim: Asherey Ryan [photo], 23, died in the fiery crash with her one-year-old child and her unborn child. She was almost to her due date when she died in the multi-auto collision at an intersection heading towards downtown LA on Aug 4</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-16.png" alt="" class="wp-image-416746" width="839" height="644"/><figcaption><strong>Victim: One-year-old Alonzo Quintero [photo], was killed in the horrific collision ;between South La Brea Avenue and Slauson Avenue on Thursday afternoon, that also claimed the lives of his mom and her boyfriend, as well as three others</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><a href="Victim: The father of Ryan’s unborn child Reynold Lester, [photo], 24, also died in the deadly crash. The family was on their way to a doctor’s pre-natal appointment before the crash "><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-15.png" rel="prettyPhoto"></a><figcaption><strong>Victim: The father of Ryan’s unborn child Reynold Lester, [photo], 24, also died in the deadly crash. The family was on their way to a doctor’s pre-natal appointment before the crash ;</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-17.png" alt="" class="wp-image-416750" width="790" height="999"/><figcaption><strong>Victim: Craig Pitchford [photo], was identified on Aug 9, by his family as the fourth victim of the crash</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lynette-Noble-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-416754" width="802" height="1024"/><figcaption><strong>Victim: Lynette Noble, [photo],and her friend Nathesia Lewis both died in the fiery Los Angeles auto collision of August 4. Noble and Lewis were driving together when ICU nurse Nicole Linton slammed into their car </strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nathesia-Lewis-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-416757" width="835" height="659"/><figcaption><strong>Victim: Nathesia Lewis, [photo], and Lynette Noble died when the vehicle burst into flames after being slammed by Nicole Linton&#8217;s speeding Mercedes</strong></figcaption></figure>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Nicole Linton was arraigned in an LA court on Aug 8 and was charged with six counts of murder for the deadly crash of Aug 4</strong></p>



<p>Meanwhile, in a filing by defense lawyers opposing Linton&#8217;s release on bail, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Brittany Vannoy said the suspect was suffering from severe mental health issues. <br>&#8216;The defense has disclosed a number of prior incidents which appear to be increasing in severity, ranging from the defendant jumping on police cars to jumping out of apartment windows,&#8217; Vannoy wrote in documents. <br>&#8216;The defense indicates [Linton] has been subject to involuntary commitments on several occasions and has hurt herself more than once.&#8217; ; <br>Some of the suspect&#8217;s mental behavior in the past also included panic attacks, self-harming behavior, and her belief that she was being possessed by her deceased grandmother. <br>The defense&#8217;s documents further included a doctor&#8217;s assessment that during the crash Linton experience an &#8216;apparent lapse of consciousness.&#8217; <br>&#8216;She has no recollection of the events that led to her collision,&#8217; doctor William Winter wrote after an August 6 examination of the Texas-based nurse. &#8216;The next thing she recalled was lying on the pavement and seeing that her car was on fire.&#8217; <br>The court filings did not mention any previous car crashes linked to Linton. ;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-13.png" alt="" class="wp-image-416741" width="839" height="838"/><figcaption><strong>Nicole Linton, seen [photo], in court on August 8, was previously held on $9 million bail but it appears that LA County District Attorney George Gascon has withdrawn bond for the Texas-based nurse</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nicole-Lintons-attorneys-Halim-Dhanidina-and-Jacqueline-M.-Sparagna-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-416770" width="835" height="601"/><figcaption><strong> Attorneys for Nicole Linton, Halim Dhanidina and Jacqueline M. Sparagna speak before Judge Victoria B. Wilson during a bail hearing for Linton in August. The defense claims Linton&#8217;s mental health had been going downhill prior to the fiery collision</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Last month, prosecutors detailed how Linton&#8217;s bizarre and unhinged behavior worsened in the days before the deadly collision, and provided a timeline of the hours before the wreck. <br>&#8216;In the days and hours leading up to the events of August 4, Nicole&#8217;s behavior became increasingly frightening,&#8217; Linton&#8217;s lawyers wrote.<br>The filing showed that before the wreck the nurse had been continually telling her sister that coworkers were acting &#8216;weird.&#8217;<br>On the day of the accident she drove home from work to have lunch and spoke to her sister completely naked on FaceTime.<br>Then she returned to work, and at 1.24pm &#8211; minutes before the accident &#8211; Linton called her sister to say she was leaving again.<br>&#8216;She told her sister that she was flying out to meet her in Houston the next day so she could do her niece&#8217;s hair,&#8217; the filing read, &#8216;She also said that she would be getting married and that her sister should meet her at the altar.&#8217;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-19.png" alt="" class="wp-image-416774" width="841" height="490"/><figcaption><strong>The driver did not apply her braks vehicle fails to break as it bears down on the traffic flowing both ways across the packed intersection. Linton beat a red light prior to driving her black Mercedes into ongoing traffic flowing into downtown LA</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-20.png" alt="" class="wp-image-416777" width="838" height="972"/><figcaption><strong>Nicole Linton [sitting], while looking dazed only appeared to suffer minor injuries in the horrible crash which claimed six lives. Prosecutors in their court filings said she &#8216;was conscious and deliberate in her driving,&#8217; when the deadly accident happened</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>According to the court documents Linton&#8217;s mental struggles became apparent in May 2018 while she was a nursing student at the University of Houston.<br>&#8216;The stress was too much for her and it &#8216;broke&#8217; her,&#8217; Nicole&#8217;s sister, Camille Linton, wrote, &#8216;Thus beginning the journey of Nicole&#8217;s 4-year struggle with mental illness.&#8217; <br>That May, Linton fled from her apartment in the midst of a panic attack. When police approached to help she leapt on the hood of their squad car and was arrested for disorderly conduct. While at the station she then called her family concerned about her pet turtle, the documents showed. <br>Days later Linton began telling her family about being possessed by her deceased grandmother.<br>Then the next day while checked into the Ben Taub psychiatric hospital Linton received stitches after she pounded her head against a pane of glass while ranting about the supreme court and police. The documents said she sang Bob Marley songs while she was stitched up. <br>It was during her stay at Ben Taub that Linton was diagnosed with bi-polar and prescribed medication to mitigate it. <br>But over a year later she was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward by her family when neighbors complained she was running around the apartment building naked. <br>During the pandemic she stopped taking her medication when a therapist told her she only had anxiety.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-12.png" alt="" class="wp-image-416740" width="835" height="634"/><figcaption><strong>Defense court filings state that Linton&#8217;s struggles with bi-polar disorder became apparent in May 2018 while she was a nursing student at the University of Houston, TX. She&#8217;s been struggling with her deteriorating health for four years, her sister said</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>From there, her health began a steep decline &#8211; she stopped sleeping, became obsessive about cleaning, accused family members from stealing, and ranted at them. <br>Linton&#8217;s defense argued her long history of mental health and &#8216;apparently bizarre&#8217; behavior did not mean she should be locked up in prison, but that she should instead be released for treatment and monitoring at a mental health institution. <br>&#8216;Ms. Linton would be most appropriately housed in a mental health treatment facility where she can be monitored and treated for her illness,&#8217; her attorneys wrote, requesting she be allowed to wear an ankle monitor and be tested at UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital. <br>The defense also filed character statements from her family vouching for Linton. </p>

‘Bipolar’ nurse, 37, who killed six in fiery LA multi-car crash, reached speeds of 130 mph before impact – 40 mph FASTER than police originally estimated, court refuses to set bail for Nicole Linton
