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Michigan woman who drove drunk into Swan Creek Boat Club killing 2 kids convicted of murder

  • Marshella Chidester was found guilty of all charges, including two counts of second-degree murder, for crashing into Swan Creek Boat Club and killing two children during a birthday party on April 20, 2024.
  • The jury deliberated for less than two hours before reaching the verdict in Monroe County Circuit Court.
  • Chidester's blood-alcohol content was.18, more than double the legal limit, and she admitted to drinking prior to the crash.
  • The victims were four-year-old Zayn Phillips and eight-year-old Alanah Phillips, who died from injuries sustained during the incident.
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Michigan Woman Convicted of Murder in Crash That Killed 2 Kids at Birthday Party

MONROE, Mich.—A woman accused of being drunk when she crashed her SUV into a birthday party at a Michigan boat club, killing two children, was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder. Marshella Chidester’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit to drive, according to evidence, though her lawyer questioned how the sample was handled and insisted that a leg problem caused her to press hard on the gas pedal last year. Chidester,…

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Woman killed children, 4 and 8, at 'kid's dream birthday party' in horrific DUI crash

Marshella Chidester was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder for killing Alanah Phillips, 8, and her brother, Zayn Phillips, 4, in Michigan last April.

·Washington, United States
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Driver found guilty in deadly birthday party crash

This conviction comes after Chidester, 67, drove her vehicle through the Swan Boat Club in Monroe County's Berlin Township on April 20, 2024. The crash killed 8-year-old Alanah Phillips and 4-year-old Zayn Phillips, and left more than a dozen people wounded.

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Woman found guilty of drunkenly driving into birthday party, killing 2 kids

A jury found the woman accused of drunkenly crashing her car into a child’s birthday party, killing two young siblings and injuring several others, guilty on all charges.

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Woman found guilty in crash that killed Flat Rock kids at boat club

By Kara Berg, The Detroit News Monroe — Jurors deliberated less than two hours before returning a guilty verdict against a Monroe County woman accused of driving drunk through the wall of a local boat club last year, killing two kids and injuring a dozen others at a birthday party, rejecting the idea she had a medical issue. They found Marshella Chidester guilty of all counts, including two charges of second-degree murder, after a four-day trial…

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Michigan woman who drove drunk into Swan Creek Boat Club killing 2 kids convicted of murder

Marshella Chidester faces a sentence of up to life in prison for the murder conviction.

·Michigan, United States
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WXYZ broke the news in Detroit, United States on Thursday, March 6, 2025.
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