Krystal Whipple, 21, suspected of killing Las Vegas manicurist Annie Nguyen while fleeing US$35 bill, is captured
- Police and FBI captured Krystal Whipple in Phoenix, two weeks after Annie Nguyen was crushed to death by a stolen car
- Whipple’s family had urged her to surrender
Police say a 21-year-old woman sought for almost two weeks after allegedly skipping out on a US$35 manicure and using a stolen car to run over and kill a manicurist who chased her in Las Vegas has been arrested in Arizona.
Las Vegas police say Krystal Whipple was arrested Friday in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale by a team of fugitive hunters involving Phoenix-area police, county investigators and FBI agents.
Whipple was identified as the customer-turned-assailant seen on video leaving a nail salon on December 29 and driving a black sedan that allegedly ran over 51-year-old Nhu “Annie” Ngoc Quynh Nguyen.
Police say Whipple tried to pay with a fraudulent credit card and told Nguyen that she was going to her car to get cash before killing her as she drove away.
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In an interview that aired Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America, Whipple’s mother and grandmother had urged her to surrender.
Mother Sharon Whipple apologised to the victim’s family and hoped they could eventually forgive her daughter.