Wednesday, December 22, 2010

New Caney, TX: New Caney woman gets 4 years for boyfriend’s death

Posted: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:41 pm | Updated: 12:03 am, Wed Dec 22, 2010.
By Jamie L. Bridges

A 40-year-old New Caney woman accused of killing her boyfriend in 2008 was sentenced to four years in prison for intoxication manslaughter.
Karen Yvonne Colson originally was indicted for the murder of her 42-year-old boyfriend, Tracey Cooley, in January 2009, but evidence came to light after the original indictment suggesting she was intoxicated at the time of the incidence, said Joel Daniels, assistant Montgomery County District Attorney.
Cooley was killed July 11, 2008, after Colson ran over him in her Ford Taurus while trying to leave his Porter residence in the 21100 block of West Memorial Drive, after a family violence incident, according to Montgomery County Sheriff’s officials.
At the time of the incident, investigators said Cooley tried to prevent his girlfriend from driving off by lying down underneath Colson’s car.
Investigators said Colson knew Cooley was underneath her car and intentionally ran over him and attempted to leave with Cooley trapped beneath the car.
“The family of the victim was very happy of the results,” Daniels said. “The judge reached a reasonable and fair result under the circumstances.”
Additional evidence came forward, Daniels said, calling into question whether the incident was intentional.
“It turned out that the evidence presented that she was very intoxicated on Soma at the time,” Daniels said.
A doctor had prescribed the muscle relaxer medication to Colson, who tested above the normal therapeutic limits in her blood after the incident, Daniels said.
Cooley’s family members testified during the sentencing punishment that Colson didn’t appear to know she hit him right after the accident, Daniels said.
Intoxication manslaughter, a second-degree felony, carries a punishment of two to 20 years in prison.
Jamie L. Bridges can be reached at jbridges@hcnonline.com.

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