June 30, 2010|By Kevin Amerman, OF THE MORNING CALL
Monica Cabrera, TMC
A Scranton woman who yelled "I hope you all (expletive) die" as she yanked a steering wheel on the Northeast Extension last year, causing an accident that killed her boyfriend and seriously injured her two children, will serve at least a decade behind bars.
Steffanie Ramos, 27, was sentenced today to 10 to 20 years in state prison by Lehigh County Judge Robert L. Steinberg.
"I just had too many things going on at the time and I just snapped," Ramos told the judge. "It was not my intention to kill or harm anyone, but unfortunately my actions did."
In April, Ramos pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
Ramos crashed the car around 5:25 p.m. Feb. 7, 2009, at mile marker 63 of the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike while arguing with her boyfriend, Rene Andres Amaya, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney V. Paul Bernardino III.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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