Prosecutors Allege Marshonda Whitaker Helped Alex Kristopher Kirksey Flee California

Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a 42-year-old woman with helping the suspected driver in a deadly Santa Monica hit-and-run evade arrest, escalating the case that left two pedestrians dead and two others seriously injured.

Marshonda Lajune Whitaker faces one felony count of accessory after the fact , accused of aiding Alex Kristopher Kirksey , 38, after the Oct. 24 collision on Wilshire Boulevard. Investigators say Whitaker knew Kirksey had allegedly committed gross vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run and assisted him as he left California in the days following the crash.

Kirksey was located in Chicago , taken into custody, and extradited to Los Angeles County, where he has p

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