Woman accused of killing Uber driver to have final plea hearing in July
UPDATE: A final hearing scheduled in the murder trial against the woman accused of shooting and killing an Uber driver was moved to next month.
Phoebe Copas, 49, is charged with killing Daniel Piedra Garcia, as he was driving her to Speaking Rock Entertainment Center on June 16, 2023. Copas claims she believed Garcia was kidnapping her to Juarez and pulled out her gun in self-defense. Copas is now scheduled for a final hearing July 22. The trial is set to begin August 30.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The woman charged with the murder in the death of an El Paso Uber driver last year will have a final plea hearing on Monday, June 17, before a jury trial that is expected to start in August, according to court records.
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As we’ve previously reported, Phoebe Copas, 48, from Kentucky, was visiting El Paso on Friday, June 16, 2023, and allegedly shot Daniel Piedra Garcia, 52, who was her Uber driver.
Copas claims she believed Piedra-Garcia was kidnapping her to Mexico as he drove the assigned Uber route on U.S. 54 near Loop 375 while driving her to Speaking Rock Entertainment Center.
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Initially, Copas’s bond was set at $1.5 million by a jail magistrate. During a hearing in August 2023, Judge Maria Salas-Mendoza, of the 120th District Court, lowered Copa’s bond to a $500,000 split bond.
Copas posted bond and was released from the El Paso County Detention Center. The jury trial is currently set for August 30.
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