A Michigan woman said her “reality is just a nightmare” before she was sentenced to up to five years behind bars for a crash in which her three young sons were killed when her SUV plunged into an i…
Leticia Marie Gonzales, a Michigan woman whose three young sons were killed when she crashed her SUV into an ice-covered pond while she was on methadone was sentenced to up to five years in prison.“Being their mom was all I ever wanted. Each day I try coming to terms with my reality, but my reality is just a nightmare… I often find myself asking God why because the hurt is indescribable,” she told Circuit Court Judge Jon Hulsing, tearfully.
“If I could give my life and change places, I swear I would. Life without them will never be the same, your honor. I lost everything I ever needed and I hate myself so much,” she continued.“I’ve been sentenced to life without them for the rest of my life, so I’m asking for forgiveness… Yet, here I am standing before you still asking for mercy. I’m willing to take the responsibility as their mother, as a mother should,” Gonzales said.
On the day of the accident, Gonzales took a prescribed dose of methadone — a pain medication also used to treat an opioid use disorder — and later took an unprescribed dose a few hours before the crash.In April, she pleaded no contest to one count of operating while intoxicated causing death – an agreement that dropped two counts of the same charge — and prosecutors recommended one year in the slammer.
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