A Sammamish grandmother convicted of driving drunk and killing her husband and son-in-law will stay in jail. Carol Fedigan drove her SUV through her Sammamish home in May 2014; her grandson was on her lap.
Fedigan was drunk and under the influence of Ambien. She pleaded guilty to the charges in July; she was set to be sentenced October 30th.
Fedigan was ordered to wear an alcohol monitoring device. The device relealed she'd been drinking from October 5 to 7. She violated the terms of her release so a warrant was issued for her arrest.
In court on Thursday Fedigan's defense attorney argued the results given by the monitoring device were flawed. Witnesses testified that she passed her urinalysis and said the monitoring device must not have been calibrated.
The prosecution stood by the data from the device that showed Fedigan's blood alcohol content reached 0.16, twice the legal limit. An expert from the monitoring company told the judge the devices are calibrated after 365 days of use. Fedigan's bracelet was maintained last month.
King County Superior Court Judge John Chun ruled to keep Fedigan locked up. He said she was a danger to the community.
On October 30th he is expected to sentence Fedigan to six years in prison, the sentence agreed upon during the plea deal.
Fedigan's daughters cried as their mother was taken away in handculffs. Fedigan killed her son-in-law, Sean Berry, and her husband, David Walker. She struck the men with her SUV when she plowed through her house. Her daugher also was injured in the crash.
David Walker's sister, Betty Halley, showed some relief that Fedigan would be staying in jail.
"The whole thing was horrific," she siad. "There's so many people who have suffered through this and continue suffering."
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