Mom's 110-Mph Car Chase Kills Her Baby

(AP)  A woman led police on a 25-mile high speed chase until she crashed into a concrete median, killing her 9-month-old daughter in the collision, authorities said.

Alexxus Riza was thrown Friday night from the SUV, which rolled several times under an Interstate 35 overpass, said Trooper Dub Gillum of the Texas Department of Public Safety. The vehicle struck a traffic light before hitting the concrete barrier, officials said.

Aimee Andrea Riza, 36, of Keene, sustained minor injuries and was charged with manslaughter, evading arrest, resisting arrest and reckless driving, Gillum said.

"She was combative after the crash when they tried to extract her out of the vehicle," he said. "The officers had to wrestle her to get her under control."

A motorist had called the Somervell County Sheriff's Department to report a reckless driver. When Riza refused to stop, authorities chased her through two counties at speeds up to 110 mph, Gillum said.

Authorities used spikes, tried to block intersections ahead and backed off the SUV hoping it would slow down. But Riza continued to drive until she crashed, traveling on the rims after the SUV's tires were deflated, Gillum said.

[ll222]

Well the people who know her so well in here may be interested to read this bit of news.
http://www.star-telegram.com/189/story/64477.html
Johnson County deputies found nearly $10,000 in cash, checks and jewelry in the wreckage of the sport utility vehicle that crashed in Alvarado on Friday after a 25-mile police chase, authorities reported Tuesday.

Later, Brown County authorities who searched the home of the driver, Aimee Andrea Riza, found more than $27,000 in cash and checks, said Lt. Michael Gaudet of the Johnson County Sheriff's Department.

Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford said police in Brownwood, where Riza lived, have learned that $41,000 in deposits was reported missing from a Goody's department store where she worked.

*** Doesn't sound like she suddenly went mental to me, sounds like a planned out theft and run.

[princess_deb]

dog-x8 - you should be ashamed of yourself...she was not a scumbag mama, and you should never hope that even your worst enemy would rot in hell....along with the family, i will also pray for you and your narrowmindedness...aimee loved her daughter, unfortunately, her mind took over the situation...she has mental problems, she never intentionally hurt alexxus...try praying a little more and judging a little less...and ill be praying for you everyday

[princess_deb]

you are right, belittling someone doesn't change the situation and i apologize for doing so. i just came from the funeral home and after seeing alexxus, i see things in a different light. the family isn't angry at anyone, they are hurt, they are sad, and all of your comments and horrible things that you are saying won't change the fact that alexxus is gone and aimee is in jail awaiting her fate....i can't comment too much on the situation at this point, but i will say this, aimee needs your prayers right now, not your insults and your hate. she is not now nor has she ever been a bad person or a bad mother. she loved her daughter very much and her husband and her family are standing behind her in all of this as well as all of their friends, including me. stop with the hate and start with the prayer that aimee and the family obviously so desperately need right now.

[susanhelit]

Obviously, Deb, you didn't know her as you thought you did. Because she did all this, and she killed her daughter. I don't know why, but it wasn't the police's fault in any way, shape or form (not that you were saying so - but others here were). If there are extenuating circumstances, I'm sure the people on here will consider them in their opinions, but still, right now we have to go off of what we can see.

Maybe it was some bizarre medical condition that hit suddenly - we'll see. But it seems to have gone on too long to really be explained by that - she put her daughter in the car, and started driving crazy - this isn't just a split second decision, it went on too long.

[stick130]

What is sad that anyone willing to judge this woman hasn't never walked in her shoes. When someone does something bad it make them think they are a much better person. They can't look good if compared to an honorable person.

[gaye5]

Did this woman perhaps think she was being chased by someone trying to hurt her.
princess_deb...Yes we have to wait to see all the evidence... perhaps the police car was unmarked, perhaps they didn't put their sirens on so as she would know that it was in fact the police. I cant understand why not as I believe in America that they come out with all guns blazing, but as _deb has said that this woman was a loving mother it might be wise to trust her word and wait to see...
deb I know your heart must be aching and you will be so angry at some of these comments and rightly so, but you get no where by putting others down yourself, and you let Christianity down by belittling the spelling and comments of others and calling them idiots..
And to the rest of us, the heartache that, that family will be feeling deserves our love, there is not only a woman and a dead baby in this, there is a husband, grandparents, Aunties, Uncles, cousins and friends, they will all be in a state of horror.. So Deb is right, give them some grace and love...

[elwoodal]

I am sorry that you knew these people and that it is difficult for you to make sense of what happened. However, whatever the reason she did what she did doesn't change the fact that she did it. Maybe there was something wrong with the baby already and she lost it? So what if there was? That would justify the baby's last moments being in a horrifying chase and then thrown from a car? What this woman did was inexcusable, no matter what the reason. Her job as a mother is to protect her children, not kill them. Her actions led to this tragedy, and her child payed for it. She could have easily killed more people as well. The last thing her child know was fright at the hand of her mother instead of loving comfort...how horrible. Churchgoer or not, something happened or not, she should pay pay for her actions.

[princess_deb]

wow, there are some pretty horrible people on here that need God in their life. Give her the needle...did someone seriously post that? Please people, lets wait until the whole story is out. If you knew someone that completely loved their family and would protect them at all cost ended up on the news like she did, wouldn't you want to know that whole story because its so hard to believe what you saw. Maybe something was already wrong with the baby and she lost it. She wasn't the type of person to do what she did. I'm not by any means making excuses for her. I'm just wanting to make sense of all of this. She loved Alexxus with everything in her. They went to church. She would never have her laying in the front seat and she would have never drove the way she did. Something was really wrong. Something had to have already happened to make her do the things she did. Please, I beg you all, wait and see what the real story is before passing judgement on her.

[princess_deb]

I have comments for a few of you idiots with opinions on here (and i agree with the grammar issues as well)...
lovingmom23 - you are an idiot yourself, you cant spell, and before calling someone ignorent, learn to spell that word first thing (its ignorant)...and get your facts straight, she did not steal a vehicle, it was her vehicle...
closethippy - before saying to lock someone up and throw away the key, you should know the whole story, which none of us knows as of yet.
This is what I know.
I know Aimee and her husband. She is a very loving and kind woman that never has anything bad to say about anyone. She loved her daughter very very much and she is not the type of person to (in her right mind) hurt anyone or put anyone in danger. We don't know exactly what happened and why it happened yet. Aimee did not drink or do drugs to my knowledge. As I said before, she loved her daughter so much that there had to be some other reason the child was out of her carseat and Aimee was driving the way she was. I cannot explain it, but I will wait to see what the reasoning was. This family is in alot of pain now and your judgements don't help anything or anyone. Try and wait and find out exactly what happened and why it happened the way it did before throwing the book at someone and passing your judgement on them. (which, by the way, is God's job, not any of yours)

[angrywasp]

So I'm "bad" because I've the sense to put the credit (or blame) where it's due?

I wasn't driving that SUV, nor the squad cars, nor am I the motorist that made the original 911 call to report a reckless driver (but I wish I was).

I'm not affiliated with law enforcement as some think, nor am I a Texan (well, my mother's family is from Texas, but I live in Da Yoopee, eh?).

"put in danger by them cops when they chased the woman with her baby."

Who was driving it?

"50 shots here, a Rodney King there, no biggy, eh?"

Rodney King was hopped up on meth.

"or was the woman driving like all woman do"

Cripes! Do you even realize what you're saying?

Now I realize why liberals are in control of politics... arguing with them is like trying to teach a pig to sing, herd cats and push a rope. All at the same time.