UPDATE:
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Over two years after after the drunk driving incident that killed her daughter and another teenage girl, Marci Kitchen was sentenced to eight years in state prison by Judge Kaleb Cockrum Tuesday afternoon.
Kitchen’s sentence was delivered after an emotional and tearful day in the courtroom that saw numerous family members and supporters of both Kiya Kitchen and Faith Tsarnas read powerful prepared impact statements.
Kitchen’s defense team had requested probation for their client, who had no previous record, but Judge Cockrum said it was Kitchen’s actions after the collision that ultimately swayed his decision to send her to prison.
The Outpost will have more coverage, including statements made in court today, later this afternoon. Scroll down for our previous coverage of the case.
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Photo taken at the scene the day after the hit-and-run
THE KITCHEN CASE:
- Fortuna Fatal Hit-and-Run: CHP Seeks Public’s Help in Tracking Down Marcia Kitchen and Josh Pearlston
- Marci Kitchen, Suspect in Death of Two Girls in Fortuna, Arrested on Vehicular Manslaughter Charges, Released on Bail
- Marci Kitchen Will be Arraigned This Afternoon on Numerous Charges, Including Gross Vehicular Manslaughter, Sheriff’s Office Says
- Marci Kitchen Arraigned for Killing Her Daughter, Another Teen in Hit-and-Run
- Marcia ‘Marci’ Kitchen Hearing Postponed Until March
- Facing Charges of Killing Her Own Daughter and Another Teen in Hit-and-Run, Marcia Kitchen Files Claims For Damages Due to Road Conditions
- Kitchen Trial Delayed Again; Preliminary Hearing on Manslaughter Charges Against Fortuna Mom Now Scheduled For May, Expected to Last Five Days
- Marci Kitchen Has 48 Hours to Hand Over Her Passport
- Marci Kitchen Surrenders Passport, Receives Court Permission to Travel to Oregon for Boyfriend’s Grandmother’s Birthday Party
- KITCHEN CASE: After Much Delay, Five-Day Pretrial Hearing of Accused Drunk-Driving Killer of Two Teenage Girls Will Start May 8
- KITCHEN HEARING DAY ONE: Kitchen Told Friend She ‘Hit the Girls,’ Initially Thought She’d Hit a Deer, CHP Officer Testifies; Collision Scene Described
- KITCHEN HEARING, DAY TWO: Marci Kitchen’s Son Testifies That His Mother Killed His Sister and Her Friend While Drunk, Then Tried to Cover Up the Crime
- KITCHEN HEARING, DAY THREE: Suspect’s Son Cross-Examined By Defense Attorneys, But Judge Holds Kitchen to Answer On All Charges
- Additional Charges Filed Against Marci Kitchen During Today’s Arraignment; Trial Date to Be Decided in June
- Marci Kitchen Trial Date Set for November; Full Proceedings Expected to Last One Month
- Marci Kitchen Trial Delayed Yet Again, After Defense Attorney Raises Questions About CHP Investigation
- Trial of Marci Kitchen Put Off Until May 2018
- Lawyers Quit Marci Kitchen, Say She is Out of Money
- Judge Allows Marci Kitchen’s Lawyers to Quit; Newly Appointed Attorney Says She’ll Be Ready by Scheduled Trial Date
- Judge Rules That Marci Kitchen May Not Travel to Oregon
- Kitchen Trial Should Go Forward as Planned Starting May 29, Defense Attorney Tells Judge This Morning
- Kitchen Trial Delayed Again; Accused Killer’s New Attorney Wishes to Explore Different Line of Defense
- New Trial Date for Marci Kitchen
- Marci Kitchen Trial Continued Yet Again; Defense Plans to File Some Kind of Motion Next Month
- Marci Kitchen Defense Attorneys File Change-of-Venue Motion, Ask Judge to Move Manslaughter Trial Out of Humboldt
- Kitchen Trial Attorneys Submit Questions for Potential Jurors Even as Change of Venue Hearing Looms
- Marci Kitchen Pleads Guilty
- Marci Kitchen Turns Herself In: After Brief Hearing in Court This Morning, Fortuna Woman Who Has Confessed to Manslaughter Will Await Sentencing in Jail
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