Nevaeh Padilla
Name: Nevaeh Padilla
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 05/15/2018
Location: 4551 Atherton Dr
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84123
County: Salt Lake
Agency: Salt Lake City Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: In the early evening, police received reports of a car driving "erratically" in Millcreek but the driver eluded police. At 1 a.m. police spotted the car parked with five people in it and approached it on foot. Driver Casey Cook-Ziemelis , 18, allegedly fled at high speed and "intentionally" struck another car, killing Ziemelis's passenger Nevaeh Padilla. Ziemelis was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, a third degree felony, and one charge of automobile homicide negligence (DUI of alcohol and/or drugs), which is a second-degree felony.
Unique ID: 24498
News article: Link
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