Suspect who killed 2 after crashing into Stephenville home arrested again
Gracie Yates (Ellis County Jail)
STEPHENVILLE, Texas - A North Texas woman is facing upgrades charges after crashing her car into a home in Stephenville and killing two people.
Fatal Stephenville Crash
What's new:
Gracie Yates was arrested again on Monday and charged with intoxication manslaughter, which is a first-degree felony, and injury to a child, which is a state jail felony.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, these charges stem from the March 22 crash that killed a woman and her child in their own home.
Yates was booked into the Ellis County jail for the new charges, and her bond was set at more than $1.5 million.
The backstory:
Yates was originally arrested in March on charges of criminally negligent homicide.
Stephenville police believe she was intoxicated when she crashed her car into a home near the intersection of N. Ollie and W. Green streets around 3:30 a.m.
Woman, child die after vehicle crashes into Stephenville home, driver arrested
Gracie Yates faces two counts of criminally negligent homicide after a fatal crash into a Stephenville home killed an adult female and a juvenile male early Sunday morning. Investigation ongoing.
Barbara Rocha, 47, and her 7-year-old son, Alex, died despite life-saving efforts.
Rocha’s older son, Raul, told FOX 4 that his other brother was in the house when Yates’ car crashed into it. That brother, who was uninjured, provided details of the accident.
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"He said: "All I remember is I heard a crash. I went in the room and all you could hear was my little brother screaming and my mom praying," Rocha said. "And that’s what I have stuck in the back of my head right now my little brother screaming, and my mom praying."
The Source: The information in this story is from jail records, Texas DPS, and past news coverage.