The woman who crashed into a Redondo Beach tree killing herself Monday is suspected of arguing and then stabbing to death a man she lived with in a Woodland Hills apartment earlier in the morning and fleeing with her two children — who ended up on the shoulder of the northbound 405 Freeway in Culver City, the infant dead and an older sister injured, authorities said on Tuesday, April 9.
The children, eight months old and a nine-year-old, either fell or were thrown out of a moving vehicle, said Luis Quintero, a California Highway Patrol officer and spokesman. A 911 caller told authorities that a black sedan was seen in the area where the girls were found. The older child suffered moderate injuries.
About 30 minutes later, in Redondo Beach, a dark-colored Porsche Cayenne SUV hit 100 mph before crashing into a tree on Pacific Coast Highway at Vincent Street, authorities said, killing the sole occupant, the mother, Danielle Cherakiyah Johnson, 34.
A dark-colored Porsche Cayenne SUV hit 100 mph before crashing into a tree on Pacific Coast Highway, pictured above, authorities say. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
Law enforcement learned about the tragedies over time.
The girls were found abandoned about 4:30 a.m. on the freeway near Centinela Avenue, the sedan crashed, and then, around 7:30 a.m., Jaelen Allen Chaney, 29, was found unresponsive at the apartment building in the 6200 block of Variel Avenue and pronounced dead, Los Angeles police Officer Kevin Terzes said.
A knife with so-called biological evidence was found at the scene.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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