A nurse pleaded not guilty to murder and vehicular manslaughter charges stemming from a high-speed, fiery crash at a Windsor Hills intersection that killed six people, including an unborn baby, just over two years ago.
Nicole Lorraine Linton, now 39, remains jailed without bail in connection with the Aug. 4, 2022, crash at the intersection of La Brea and Slauson avenues.
She was ordered to stand trial Aug. 2 on six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence following a hearing that included about 10 days of testimony and two days of arguments from attorneys.
Much of that hearing focused on Linton’s history of odd conduct in the years leading up to the crash, including Internet searches that the judge noted were “filled with questions about suicide” and searches involving “Can you see your death coming?” and “Why do I feel death is near?” three days before the collision.
Investigators determined that Linton’s black Mercedes-Benz was traveling at 130 mph at the time of the crash, which occurred after the vehicle went through a red light. The collision and its fiery aftermath were caught on surveillance videotape from a nearby business.