A Utah woman is in custody and facing murder charges in connection with a deadly crash on a Yavapai County highway more than a year ago.
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, 48-year-old Amy Lynn Mickelson was arrested last Thursday outside a Salt Lake City convenience store by U.S. Marshals. She is charged with three counts of second-degree murder, seven counts of aggravated assault, aggravated DUI, and additional felony charges.
The charges stem from a December 7th, 2024 crash on southbound U.S. 93 northwest of Wickenburg. DPS investigators say Mickelson crossed the center line while impaired, striking a minivan head-on. Three people in the minivan were killed at the scene. Four children between the ages of five and 16 were hospitalized with serious injuries. Mickelson fled to Utah following the crash and had been living there since…