Lakeisha Holloway (murderer)
Lakeisha Holloway (murderer)
Lakeisha N. Holloway, 24, drove her car through the Las Vegas strip hitting several people.
[undefined].She faces a murder charge, child abuse and leaving the scene of a crash charges, she is also being considered for attempted murder with a deadly weapon.
[+] "When a person drives a 2,000-pound-plus motor vehicle intentionally onto a sidewalk, killing and injuring scores of people, that's murder," Wolfson said.
[+] Holloway did not specifically target her, she was on the search for her daughters dad.
[undefined] Holloway told police "I am in pain, and I want others to feel my pain also."
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There is mystery surrounding Lakeisha's name.
There are records show she changed name less than two months ago.
Holloway petitioned to change her name from Lakeisha to Paris Paradise Morton on Oct. 8, and was granted by a Portland, Oregon, judge granted permission on Oct. 30.
According to her application, Holloway was living in Vancouver at the time.
The judge who granted the name change hasn’t followed up with the media.
Social media users have accused Lakeisha of being a "black muslim" and suggesting that the car crash was a terrorist act, but local police said there is no evidence of the crash being a terrorist act.
[undefined] What we do know is Lakeisha was homeless before the attack and is now on suicide watch.
“Lakeisha Holloway, a graduate, received a CARE Role Model award.
Lakeisha Holloway described being homeless during her freshman year in high school and explained that her mother had lost hope after struggling many years to earn a living with only an 8th Grade education.
More and more she had turned to alcohol, leaving Lakeisha to fend for herself.
Yet with the help of POIC, Holloway is a graduate pursuing a career in the forest service.”
“I would like to thank the Forest Service for sending me an application and taking a chance on me.
And I’d like to thank POIC for the love and support and for being more than a program, for being a blessing.”