California man accused of killing woman in by driving off with her holding onto the car
A 34-year-old man got into the driver’s seat of a car while a woman he had dated stood outside of his door and drove away with her holding onto the vehicle, police said, in the North Hollywood area.
He is accused of accelerating in an attempt to shake loose the 27-year-old woman from the car who was ultimately thrown off and struck the pavement as he continued driving off, police said.
Edgar Gutierrez, of Panorama City, was arrested the next day, on Sunday, Dec. 29, in Burbank, after a warrant was issued for him, authorities said. He was booked at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Valley jail on suspicion of attempted murder.
The woman, a North Hills resident, was hospitalized in grave condition before dying on Monday, Dec. 30, police said.
On Tuesday, Dec. 31, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed a murder charge against Gutierrez, police said.
“(They) had been in a dating relationship for two years and had been involved in an altercation outside a residence,” police said in a statement.