As the hunt continued for 21-year-old Krystal Whipple, who allegedly ran over a nail salon technician in a deadly encounter in Las Vegas, the suspect's mother spoke out, begging her daughter to turn herself in.
"You can't run, baby," Sharon Whipple told ABC News through tears, speaking to her daughter. "You cannot run. You have to come forward, baby."
Video of the violent incident appeared to show Krystal Whipple striking and killing 51-year-old "Annie" Ngoc Q. Nguyen with her Chevy Camaro. Whipple allegedly was trying to escape after her debit card was declined for her $35 manicure.
Witnesses said Whipple told salon employees she was going to her car to get cash. When Nguyen saw the young woman starting the car and driving away, she ran out to stop her. The beloved salon owner and mother of three ultimately was dragged about 50 feet and died of her injuries.
The Camaro later was found abandoned by a nearby housing complex and was identified as a rental that had been stolen a month earlier. Whipple previously had been charged with attempted possession of a stolen vehicle and served four months in jail for a probation violation.
Nguyen was said to be a pillar of the community who worked tirelessly to send her daughters to college and to support her extended family.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mom-of-vegas-woman-who-allegedly-killed-manicurist-begs-daughter-to-turn-herself-in
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