Bodycam: Illinois Woman Laughs, Plays Dumb After Killing Two People in Deadly DUI Crash

Bodycam: Illinois Woman Laughs, Plays Dumb After Killing Two People in Deadly DUI Crash

Bodycam footage captures the callous behavior of an Illinois woman who laughed and played dumb after killing two people in a deadly DUI crash on April 10, 2022. Stephanie Melgoza, who blew three times over the legal limit, failed sobriety tests administered by East Peoria officers at the scene. Despite the tragic consequences of her actions, the clearly intoxicated Melgoza showed no remorse, even referencing the private university she was set to graduate from, saying “This doesn’t happen. I go to Bradley.”

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The disturbing bodycam video shows officers growing increasingly frustrated with Melgoza’s nonchalant attitude and seeming lack of grasp on the severity of the situation. At one point in the hospital, after learning the two victims had died, an officer lambasts her for continuing to joke around, calling her “pathetic.” Ultimately, Melgoza pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated DUI death and two counts of aggravated reckless driving. She was ultimately sentenced to 14 years in prison.

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24 thoughts on “Bodycam: Illinois Woman Laughs, Plays Dumb After Killing Two People in Deadly DUI Crash

  1. 🤨 “I go to Bradley, why would this happen to me?” and your point drunk woman? How does where you go to school have anything to do w this accident! The self entitled mentality. THAT is a LEARNED response from upbringing 🙄

  2. When she is being walked inside, her reasoning is "i'd be crying if it were two people." I would have come back with "so it's ok to kill one person?" The fact she isn't emotionally disturbed at all is all the more disturbing. Lack of empathy is dangerous.

  3. She’s not a criminal. Clearly not a killer. And alchohol believe it or not has a different effect on people based on tolerance. In her case she doesn’t believe she intentionally killed them at all. She knows she accidentally killed them and believes in her innocence and lack of intent to kill. That’s the truth. Of course we wanna hear remorse and she did that when sober. She’s just drunk yall. Yall act like yall don’t know what it means to be drunk and not understand things logically. Alcohol is that powerful. They also told her she was under arrest for DUI so she had the impression she was ok. Then told the severity and there’s also shock that sets in and denial when real things happen. If any of you have been through a tragedy you know that initial shock and refusal to accept the truth sets in first. It takes time and sobriety obviously to really understand it. When you’re that drunk it’s a bad time to be logical. Consider the facts.

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