Karen Mariela Obituary, Death – A man faces murder charges following an incident where Dallas police reported that he forcibly took a woman’s car and subsequently crashed it with her still inside. Officers discovered the damaged vehicle before 11 a.m. on Sunday on Murdock Road, located south of the CF Hawn Freeway in southeast Dallas.
Authorities suspect that Darion Thomas stole the car from a gas station while the woman was sleeping in the rear seat. After taking off at high speed, he lost control of the vehicle and collided with a pole.
The woman, identified as Karen Mariela, was thrown from the back seat and tragically lost her life. Thomas was transported to the hospital with severe injuries that were not life-threatening. As per an arrest warrant affidavit, a witness who heard the crash observed Thomas attempting to move away from the accident site due to his broken legs.
Thomas allegedly informed the witness that he took the car because he needed transportation to work. The affidavit mentions that Thomas requested a gun from the witness to end his own life.
He has been formally charged with murder and theft.