Phoebe Copas News Today

Phoebe Copas remained jailed Sunday in El Paso, Texas, after being charged with murder last week in the death of 52-year-old Daniel Piedra Garcia.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — As the year ends, El Paso Police tell KTSM their Crimes Against Persons unit has investigated 38 murders in 2023. Seven of these were crashes involving drivers suspected to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Five murders remain unsolved, according to KTSM’s data. The year’s first homicide happened […]

A Kentucky woman who claimed she fatally shot an El Paso Uber driver because she feared she was being kidnapped is set to go to trial early next year.

UPDATE: The woman charged with murder in the death of Uber Driver Daniel Piedra-Garcia, 52, back in June is out of jail and awaiting trial.  Phoebe Copas, 48, from Kentucky, was visiting El Paso at the time of the shooting. She claims she believed Piedra-Garcia was kidnapping her to Mexico as he drove the assigned […]

UPDATE: The woman charged with murder in the death of 52-year-old Uber Driver Daniel Piedra-Garcia on June 16 is out of jail and awaiting trial.  Phoebe Copas, 48, from Kentucky, was visiting El Paso at the time of the shooting. She claims she believed Piedra-Garcia was kidnapping her to Mexico as he drove the assigned […]

The woman charged with the murder of an El Paso Uber driver was released on a $500,000 split bond August 16, 2023.

UPDATE: A family member spoke with KTSM, saying that Daniel Piedra Garcia, 52, was taken off life support on Wednesday, June 21. Piedra’s family will be holding a vigil for him this Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Park, 1701 N. Copia St. “We know the community feels for us and is with us so […]

The recent death of an Uber driver in El Paso, Texas, provides yet more incentive to rethink firearms regulation, particularly in the complicated field of ride-hailing businesses.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Phoebe Copas, accused of shooting and killing Uber driver Daniel Piedra Garcia after fearing he was kidnapping her to Mexico, went before a jail magistrate judge Thursday. The two-hour hearing included nearly a dozen character witnesses, including her parents, boyfriend, ex-husband, pastor, and a city councilman from her hometown in […]

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Phoebe Copas, accused of shooting Uber Driver Daniel Piedra Garcia after fearing he was kidnapping her to Mexico, was before a Jail Magistrate Judge Thursday. The two-hour hearing included nearly a dozen character witnesses, including her parents, boyfriend, ex-husband, pastor, and a City Councilman from her hometown in Kentucky. Ultimately, […]