Woman Fatally Shoots Uber Driver in Kidnapping Misunderstanding
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A Kentucky woman has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting her Uber driver, Daniel Piedra Garcia, on U.S. Route 54 in El Paso, Texas, on June 16. Phoebe Copas, 48, reportedly believed she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, but the investigation does not support that a kidnapping took place. Piedra was hospitalized for several days before his family took him off life support. Copas is being held on a $1.5 million bond and faces murder charges.
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