‘Cooped Up’ 27-Yr-Outdated Olympic Hopeful Stabs and Kills Uber Driver Throughout ‘Joyride’: Sheriff

Based on a report from CBS Information, Dawson, a monitor and discipline athlete who lately competed within the USA Olympic Trials in 2024, now faces a number of felony counts, together with aggravated theft, second-degree motorized vehicle theft, and tampering with bodily proof.

The investigation started early Monday morning when the El Paso County Sheriff’s Workplace acquired a report of a lacking individual, recognized as 38-year-old Jeremy Campbell, an Uber driver from the Cimarron Hills space. Members of the family, who famous that Campbell was paralyzed on his proper aspect, had been involved when he didn’t return residence after a late-night fare.

Investigators instantly contacted Uber, who supplied route knowledge and recognized and confirmed Dawson as Campbell’s remaining buyer. The journey, which started late Sunday, was supposed to finish at a location on Bent Spur Path however was abruptly canceled by Dawson simply earlier than 3 a.m. Per Regulation&Crime, Campbell’s girlfriend additionally stated his cellphone was final seen on Snapchat maps at Dawson’s house complicated, the place his car was positioned with “a big puddle of blood” inside and blood spatter throughout.

When initially questioned by detectives, Dawson informed them Campbell took her to an deal with on Eastonville Street, the place she stabbed and killed him, left him there after which took the automotive again to her house. She additionally supplied a weird cause to her experience. She allegedly claimed she felt “cooped up” and ordered the Uber intending to go to her good friend, after which later take the automotive for a spontaneous “joyride” and get some air. She claimed she would name one other experience as soon as she reached her vacation spot. 

Dawson alleged Campbell had taken her to the Eastonville Street deal with, claiming she fell asleep and wakened as Campbell tried to sexually assault her, main her to stab him in self-defense.

She reportedly informed deputies that Campbell pulled out a knife as properly, and she or he stabbed him within the neck and, through the wrestle, he drove the automotive by a fence right into a discipline. She then pulled him out of the automotive, acquired within the driver’s seat and drove his automotive again to his house.

After she informed authorities the place the stabbing occurred, Campbell was discovered with a number of stab wounds to his head and face, and defensive wounds on his left hand. A search of Dawson’s house uncovered essential proof: the biggest knife from her butcher block was lacking, the sufferer’s automotive key fob was hidden in a field of dryer sheets, and Campbell’s pockets was hid inside a lunch field. In addition they discovered an “approximate 18-inch blade machete-type knife” hidden behind a cupboard in her front room.

Additional investigation of the realm the place the assault allegedly occurred led detectives to a discipline close to Eastonville Street and Hodgen Street, the place they discovered a knife matching the one lacking from Dawson’s kitchen set, together with two of her bank cards.

Dawson, in the meantime, was handled for a damaged knee bone and brought to the hospital based mostly on her allegations on assault. She was arrested Monday afternoon and stays held within the El Paso County jail with out bond. She is scheduled to seem in court docket subsequent week.