Isiah Grayer, 14, and his 16-year-old twin stepbrothers, Justin and Jamel Marshman, were bouncing the golf ball in a shopping center parking lot Sunday afternoon when it went astray and struck a sport utility vehicle driven by Kathy Feaganes Allen, 47, St. Johns County sheriff's Deputy Greg Suchy said.Suchy said no damage was done, and the boys apologized and began to walk away. Allen started to drive away, but suddenly made a U-turn, ran over a median and struck Grayer, causing severe injuries, and Justin Marshman before knocking over a light pole, Suchy said.
She then drove after Jamel Marshman, crossing two medians and striking a utility box before her SUV stopped in a ditch, Suchy said. The boy ran away and was not struck.
Witness Russell McPhee said Allen accelerated to hit the boys.
"She charged them," he said. "This was the most deliberate act."
As far as I'm concerned, she should spend the rest of her natural life in prison. Courts sometimes talk of events that "shock the conscience." This certainly seems to fall into that category.
This woman must have been off her meds. Wow, what a psycho!!!! The boys appologized and there was no damage, what is the big deal? Working with teenagers day in and day out, I would be thrilled that they appologized. Unbelievable!!
Posted by: elf108 | Tuesday, December 07, 2004 at 07:33 PM
i hope you don't freak out over the stuffed teddy bear thing like this woman did!
Posted by: sarahk | Tuesday, December 07, 2004 at 07:52 PM
Wow. Reading the article, I'm very glad to see she's being charged with attempted murder. I don't think that will stick, but it should. She took a deadly weapon and struck out against another living human being.
Posted by: Alexandra Erin | Monday, January 03, 2005 at 03:43 PM