La Puente woman is accused of driving over her boyfriend and killing him
A 52-year-old woman was charged Tuesday with running over her boyfriend with her car and killing him at a La Puente motel, prosecutors said.
Sharon Kay Hood faces 26 years to life in prison if convicted of murder in connection with the Sunday killing, which occurred at a motel in the 500 block of north Azusa Avenue that the couple checked into earlier in the day, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
Hood and her boyfriend of six years, Randolph Morales, got into a dispute in their room, prosecutors said.
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Hood stormed out and her boyfriend followed. The dispute continued at her car, the district attorney’s office said.
At some point, Hood drove over Morales, 51, who later died at the scene from his injuries.
Morales, who lived in La Puente, died of blunt force injuries to his head, according to the L.A. County coroner’s office.
L.A. County sheriff’s deputies arrested Hood on Sunday morning at the Industry Station, according to online jail records. She’s being held in lieu of $2-million bail.
Hood, also a resident of La Puente, is scheduled to be arraigned June 8 in the Pomona courthouse. Her attorney could not be reached for comment.
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