A 20-year-old Washington state woman who shot an Uber driver and father of two dead when she was a teenager — then took his Toyota Prius to get her hair done, visit family and smoke pot — is headed to prison for two decades.
Neiana Allen-Bailey was sentenced last week to 20 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing 52-year-old Amare Geda in 2023 while he was sitting in his Prius and working an overnight Uber shift in downtown Seattle, according to online court records. Geda’s 10-year-old son wrote a song for him that was played during Allen-Bailey’s sentencing hearing.
“I wish I could have stopped my dad from going to work that night,” the song’s lyrics said, according to local ABC affiliate KOMO. “Wherever you are, Dad, I hope you are safe.”…