A woman who authorities said stole a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s vehicle, drove recklessly on a busy roadway while being pursued by other deputies, and eventually crashed , killing herself and two others, had a series of strange episodes leading up to the incident.
The fatal crash on Feb. 1 occurred after deputies responded to a 911 call about a woman “acting bizarre and attempting to enter vehicles in the parking lot” of a Winn-Dixie plaza.
April Smith, according to the MCSO report, told the dispatcher that she was “already leery of the suspect and observed her approach a lady’s vehicle.”
Smith said the woman, later identified as Kendra Dalyn Boone, 33, was yelling that she “needed a ride,” according to the report. Smith said she saw Boone reach into someone’s vehicle and grab the person sitting in the driver’s seat. Smith said she shouted at Boone, which caused her to turn around, and the person in the vehicle was able to shut and lock the door.
Smith said Boone went from vehicle to vehicle, trying to open doors.