Prosecutors have charged an 18-year-old Seattle woman with the murder of a rideshare driver, stating she continued to drive his vehicle after the victim’s death for the next two and a half days through Renton, Kent, Skyway, Rainier Beach and the Seattle area.<\/p>\n
King County prosecutors charged Neiana Allen-Bailey with one felony count of murder in the first degree, stating that Allen-Bailey killed Amare Geda, 52, while committing and attempting to commit the crime of robbery in the first degree.<\/p>\n
According to charging documents, after killing Geda, Allen-Bailey left the scene in Geda’s vehicle and used the vehicle to visit her mother and brother in Skyway, smoke marijuana in Rainier Beach, and see a hairdresser in Kent.<\/p>\n
She fueled Geda’s vehicle in Renton at the Brown Bear Car Cash and Chevron, she said to police in an interview, according to documents.<\/p>\n
According to charging documents, Allen-Bailey shot Geda and left him in the street, tossing his cellphone down the road.<\/p>\n
According to an affidavit of probable cause, the Seattle Police Department was dispatched on Aug. 8 after receiving a report at approximately 3:28 a.m. of a person down in the street with blood surrounding him. First responders declared the man deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n
An initial autopsy report identified Geda’s cause of death as resulting from a single gunshot, with the bullet passing through a major artery and his lungs and exiting his back.<\/p>\n
Video surveillance of the incident shows Allen-Bailey walking to the driver’s side of Geda’s Prius and appearing to open the door, according to the affidavit. Geda exits the vehicle and stands up, and Allen-Bailey and Geda start physically interacting, appearing to struggle with one another.<\/p>\n
Geda falls to the ground, lying motionlessly, and Allen-Bailey leaves and drives from the scene southbound in his Prius.<\/p>\n
Seattle police arrested Allen-Bailey after responding to a parking complaint, identified the offending vehicle as Geda’s Prius, and waited for the driver to return.<\/p>\n
In an interview with police, Allen-Bailey said she had approached Geda’s vehicle to ask him to take her to the hospital because of an injury she suffered in a fight up the street, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n
Allen-Bailey said she aimed a handgun and shot Geda after he grabbed her shoulders prior to leaving the scene and throwing Geda’s possessions from his vehicle.<\/p>\n
Allen-Bailey remains in custody as of Aug. 15. The King County Superior Court set Allen-Bailey’s bail at $2 million as prosecutors argued for at her first appearance hearing. The court scheduled Allen-Bailey’s arraignment for Aug. 28.<\/p>\n
Allen-Bailey faces a minimum sentence of 25 years in prison if convicted upon the murder charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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