Man Faces Murder Charges After Pursuit Death
Victim's Brother: He Is Guilty
POSTED: 4:40 p.m. PDT May 17, 2002
UPDATED: 4:52 p.m. PDT May 17, 2002
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A 26-year-old man was arraigned on murder charges Friday, stemming from a high-speed chase that ended in a deadly crash.
Michael Chavez looked stunned when the judge read the charges filed against him: murder and felony evading arrest.
When deputies tried to arrest Chavez Wednesday for parole violations, he took off on a high-speed chase. It ended at Marconi and Bell avenues, where Chavez is accused of running a red light and hitting a car, driven by 47-year-old Cindy Rowland.
"To me, he's guilty. It is murder. It was no accident. But I can't hate him either, because I'm trying to be a good Christian," said Rowland's brother Martin Jones.
Rowland had been a bus driver for special needs children for almost 17 years, the last several with the Folsom Cordova Unified School District.
Friends are working on a memory album for Rowland's family. In it will be photos and messages from the families who were touched by her death.
Michael Chavez looked stunned when the judge read the charges filed against him: murder and felony evading arrest.
When deputies tried to arrest Chavez Wednesday for parole violations, he took off on a high-speed chase. It ended at Marconi and Bell avenues, where Chavez is accused of running a red light and hitting a car, driven by 47-year-old Cindy Rowland.
"To me, he's guilty. It is murder. It was no accident. But I can't hate him either, because I'm trying to be a good Christian," said Rowland's brother Martin Jones.
Rowland had been a bus driver for special needs children for almost 17 years, the last several with the Folsom Cordova Unified School District.
Friends are working on a memory album for Rowland's family. In it will be photos and messages from the families who were touched by her death.
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