A California man was found guilty of fatally shooting his girlfriend while she was driving her children and then leaving the children to die when the vehicle veered into a river.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Mandiko Kwadzo, 31, was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of 23-year-old Carliena Clayton on Wednesday, July 24.
According to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, officers were called to a residence after a report of shots fired on July 27, 2020. A witness reported seeing Clayton and Kwadzo arguing in the driveway before both got into a vehicle with the four children.
Later that night, a man at Cliff’s Marina in Sacramento County heard the sound of a gunshot followed by a vehicle plunging into the Sacramento River.
The man told police that he and his friend went to investigate and saw the vehicle partially submerged in the river and Kwadzo “standing nearby the car not doing anything to help,” per the district attorney’s office.
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The two men pulled the children, who ranged in age from 2 to 6, out of the vehicle to safety. “The oldest 6-year-old child had already unbuckled all their seatbelts, but the youngest 2-year-old child was still in the car seat,” according to the district attorney’s office.
California Highway Patrol officers responded to the scene and found Clayton without a pulse. She also had “severe bleeding from her head,” per the district attorney’s office.
Prosecutors said police initially believed it was a car accident, but Clayton’s oldest child told them that Kwadzo had shot his mother.
It was later determined that Clayton was shot twice in the head.
Police never recovered the weapon used in the killing.
Sentencing for Kwadzo, who faces 53 years to life in prison, is scheduled for Sept. 6.
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