A Florida teen who went joyriding and crashed into another car, eliminating 3 females, has actually pleaded guilty to the charges and might deal with years in jail.
Maykoll Santiesteban, 16, appeared in a Miami-Dade courtroom on Friday where he pleaded guilty to 3 counts each of car murder and driving without a license triggering death.
He was simply 15 years of ages when he took his daddy’s vehicle out on the fatal joyride in Hialeah on April 23, 2024. Hialeah authorities state he was driving 80 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour zone, a massive 55 miles per hour over the speed limitation when he knocked into a parked SUV with 3 females within.
Yarnia Garcia Hernandez, 39, and her auntie, Gloria Hernandez, 71, were noticable dead at the scene. Hernandez’s 66-year-old mom, Liliana Hernandez Molina, passed away from her injuries in September, WPLG reported.
Relative of the victims who remained in court on Friday ended up being psychological sometimes, according to NBC Miami.
Bob Garcia, who lost his other half, child, and sister-in-law, in the crash, stated absolutely nothing will revive his household.
” I can’t kiss my other half, I can’t hug them, we can’t commemorate Christmas,” Garcia stated in Spanish. “Absolutely nothing will repay what I lost.”
Garcia included that he is putting his faith in the judge when it pertains to Santiesteban’s sentencing.
The teen was charged as an adult and deals with in between 28 and 65 years in jail. The judge stated on Friday that the teenager would need to serve a minimum of 28 years in state jail.
His lawyers, nevertheless, are looking for a considerably much shorter sentence.
Santiesteban will be sentenced on March 26.