Woman hit with murder rap for killing Uber driver she believed was kidnapping her
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A Texas Uber driver’s fatal fare now facing a murder charge after succumbing to a gunshot wound to the head, allegedly from a passenger who believed she was being kidnapped. On Friday, June 16, 48-year-old Phoebe Copas of Kentucky was said to be on her way to meet her boyfriend at the Speaking Rock Casino in El Paso, Texas. When the out-of-towner arranged for a rideshare vehicle to transport her there, signs along the way for Juarez, Mexico led her to think the worst of 52-year-old driver Daniel Piedra Garcia....
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