The Denver grand jury has indicted Nadine Montoya on charges she killed Lilian Verdonkschot, alleging that in the moments before Verdonkschot died, a drunk and screaming Montoya aimed her car at Verdonkschot and two of her companions.
Verdonkschot died at 7 a.m. on May 29 at Denver Health Medical Center, hours after Montoya repeatedly ran over her with her car at the Burger King at Sixth Avenue and Broadway, said the grand jury.
Montoya, 26, was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in Verdonkschot’s death, including felony murder and extreme indifference murder. She also faces two counts of vehicular assault.
According to the indictment, Verdonkschot; her daughter, Shala Parker; and friend Jennifer Goodrich had attended a party at JR’s bar. The same evening, Montoya, Briana Garcia and Damian Saiz had gone to a house party. The two groups independently went to the Burger King.
There, while waiting in the drive-through lane, Saiz got out of Montoya’s car and twice approached the car that Verdonkschot’s daughter was driving and asked for a cigarette. He was told that they did not have cigarettes. After his hand became trapped in the window for a moment, the occupants of the Montoya car started swearing at Parker, her mother and Goodrich.
The Parker group received their food and started to leave, but their car was hit by something, and they pulled aside to check for damage.
Montoya pulled in behind the Parker vehicle, and those in Montoya’s car attacked the women. Parker and Verdonkschot helped Goodrich into the car, but as they were attempting to get in the car themselves, Parker heard either Montoya or Garcia say, “let’s just run over them.”
According to the grand jury, Montoya drove her car forward and hit the rear of Parker’s car, pinning Verdonk schot between the cars. Montoya then either rolled or backed her car up, and Verdonkschot fell to the ground. Montoya then drove over Verdonkschot while Verdonk schot was on the ground, said the grand jury.
