An Illinois woman who giggled after killing two people in a 2022 drunk driving accident was sentenced last week to 14 years in prison.
In disturbing police bodycam video obtained by Fox News Digital, 24-year-old Stephanie Melgoza can be seen singing and laughing after the tragic crash.
Melgoza, who recorded a blood alcohol level of .264, more than three times the legal limit, fatally beat 55-year-old Paul Prowant and his girlfriend, 43-year-old Andrea Rosewicz, police said. told her, there was nothing to worry about.
At the hospital, Officer Jeffrey Beaver of East Peoria looked annoyed after Mergoza repeatedly told him he had to go to school the next day.
Stephanie Mergoza (left) killed Andrea Rosewitz and Paul Prowant in a drunken driving accident in Illinois. Rosewicz, right, pictured with his friend. (Dignity Memorial)
“You want me to be honest with you. You’re going to jail. You don’t have a bond. You killed two people tonight. I don’t think you get it.” Apr 2022 A hospital bed after the May 10 crash.
A former student at Bradley College, she stared blankly before asking if I would be attending an evening class later that week.
“You’re body camera and completely careless about killing two people tonight. You can care less. It’s sad, pathetic and terrifying at the same time.”
“Did you understand what I told you, you killed two people tonight?” asked Beaver.
“Yes, I’m thinking about when to go to school,” she casually replied.
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“You’re body camera and completely careless about killing two people tonight. You can care less. It’s sad and pathetic and terrifying at the same time,” Bieber told her. .
“Can you say that as a cop?” Mergoza asked.
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Yes, ma’am, you can,’ he replied.
She danced and sang in her hospital room and excitedly talked about a trip to Las Vegas for her birthday as officers waited with Melgoza for a nurse to run a DUI kit.
Stephanie Melgoza grins in body camera video after killing two people with a red Dodge Dart (right). (East Peoria Police Department)
“It’s going to be a lot of fun,” she gushed. “We’ll start with two Long Islands.”
“Have you had enough?” the officer asked.
“We’re talking about Vegas. Vegas has no limits, right?” she said with a laugh.
According to police reports, the student also told him he was impatient to join a “drunken driving club” and asked for his phone so he could text all his colleagues.
A combination photo of Paul Prowant and Andrea Rosewitz, who died in a drunken driving accident in April 2022. (Dignity Memorial)
Earlier that night, Mergoza called 911 after hitting a couple outside the bar at full throttle around 10pm.
According to the police report, officers responding to the gruesome scene found the legs of her red Dodge Dart severed and “protruding from the grille.”
Mergoza watched without emotion as the first responders tried in vain to resuscitate the victim.
A reserved photo of Stephanie Melgoza, left, and a still from body camera footage of her laughing and giggling during a field sobriety test after two people died in a DUI crash. (East Peoria Police Department)
She told officers she had three vodka drinks and was “just starting the night” when she hit the victim outside of full throttle.
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A police report found an open bottle of Tito’s vodka on the floor of her car.
“I’m graduating in four weeks, will it affect me in any way?” she asked the crime scene cop.
Stephanie Melgoza had a blood alcohol level of .264 minutes after she killed a couple with her car in Illinois. This is three times her legal limit. She is shown having a breath test. (East Peoria Police Department)
Melgoza pleaded guilty in February to two counts each of aggravated drunk driving and aggravated reckless driving.
At the time of sentencing, she apologized. “I’m really sorry for everything. I’m never going to do that again,” she told the court, according to the Pekin Daily Times. I’m never going to drink again.”
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Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.
