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A lady accused of killing her nine-year-old niece in a horrific DUI crash has been free of jail with none bail situations as a result of prosecutors have not determined whether or not to file prices in opposition to her.
Christina Sorensen, 63, was allegedly driving a Corvette underneath the affect in Las Vegas on Saturday when she ran a pink gentle and slammed right into a Jeep, in keeping with police.
Sorensen’s niece, recognized as Sophia Sandoval, was within the passenger seat and died from a number of blunt pressure accidents, in keeping with the Clark County Coroner’s Workplace.
Following Sorensen’s arrest on the scene of the two-car wreck, magistrate Natalie Tyrrell initially set Sorensen’s bail at $100,000 with digital monitoring, a drug patch requirement and an order for her to not drive.
However since prosecutors have declined to formally cost Sorensen, her protection lawyer Ryan Helmick argued there was no justification to set bail. And a choose agreed.
Christina Sorensen, pictured, seems in court docket after getting right into a severe automobile wreck that killed her niece, Sophia Sandoval
Pictured: The scene of the crash. The black automobile that is nonetheless upright is Sorensen’s Corvette
Police consider Sorensen was driving underneath the affect of narcotics, however her blood outcomes will not be again for months. For this reason the DA’s workplace has declined to cost her
‘You may be launched with out these situations, based mostly on the truth that there is no prices or no case filed,’ North Las Vegas Chief magistrate Kalani Hoo informed Sorensen in court docket on Thursday.
Earlier than this determination had been reached, Chief Deputy District Legal professional Megan Thomson requested the choose to maintain the bail situations and permit prosecutors a 120-day time restrict to file prices, the Las Vegas Overview Journal reported.
‘This matter stays underneath investigation,’ the Clark County DA’s workplace mentioned in an announcement.
‘Regulation enforcement has not obtained the ultimate toxicological evaluation of Ms. Sorensen’s blood, which is required to find out what substances, if any, had been current. Accordingly, the District Legal professional’s Workplace is presently unable to file a legal criticism,’ the assertion continued.
The DA’s workplace added that police do not anticipate toxicology outcomes from the out-of-state laboratory the place Sorensen’s blood was despatched for ‘a number of months.’
Sorensen labored on the Posare Salon in Las Vegas. A coworker informed FOX 5 Las Vegas that Sorensen’s niece was on the salon earlier than the crash getting a haircut. She reportedly needed to go for a trip in Sorensen’s Corvette
Instantly after the crash, Sorensen consented to a blood draw.
And though a breath check confirmed she hadn’t been ingesting alcohol, police mentioned, she failed a number of subject sobriety assessments.
That is what gave them possible trigger to arrest her, suspecting she ‘was driving underneath the affect of narcotics,’ in keeping with an arrest report.
Sorensen, who labored as a cosmetologist at Posare Salon, shall be free with none situations till the DA truly prices her with a criminal offense.
One in every of her coworkers at Posare Salon informed FOX 5 Vegas that Sophia, Sorensen’s niece, had been on the salon the day of the crash to get her haircut.
‘The little lady had come as much as get her haircut and she or he was along with her father. However she needed to trip in Christina’s Corvette,’ Jayceon Jefferson mentioned.
Sorensen’s subsequent listening to is scheduled for December 10.
In accordance with court docket paperwork, she is dealing with prices of driving underneath the affect leading to dying, reckless driving leading to dying and youngster abuse or neglect.
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