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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Knox County prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke bond for a Fountain City woman accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter in 2019.
Robin Howington, 38, tested positive April 7 for Oxazepam, a prescription anxiety medication, and marijuana, court records state. She told Knox County Pretrial Services personnel she had a prescription for the medicine but hasn t been able to provide proof of that, a prosecution motion states.
She also was supposed to be wearing a GPS ankle monitor to track her whereabouts as part of her condition for remaining free pending trial. But the GPS monitor was removed after she was taken into custody in Sullivan County on April 8 on unrelated charges.
Driving a Ford Explorer on Washington Pike, Harper struck and killed the two people. The crash was so violent Thornell s fetus was ejected from her body, evidence showed.
Harper continued on to the nearby apartment complex where he lived. Knoxville police eventually tracked down his Explorer, and Harper was charged.
He was convicted of three counts of vehicular homicide by intoxication, among other charges.
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But the defense appealed, arguing Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz had improperly let in crime scene and autopsy photos that were too gory. The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals agreed in 2015, sending the case back for a retrial.