Number 7 Udele Burno 38-year-old Maryland woman
Udele Burno was arrested for running over and killing her boyfriend, in August of 2022. Law
enforcement in Brandywine responded to reports of a person trapped underneath a vehicle outside of a
Floral Park Road home, on the evening of August the 20th. The victim, 40-year-old Riverdale
man Shamatto Clarke, had suffered multiple injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
A preliminary investigation determined that Burno, his girlfriend, had intentionally driven into him,
fatally pinning him under the car. Burno was arrested and held without bond, facing
charges of vehicular manslaughter. While it wasn’t clear what had led to the intentional collision,
Burno had a documented history of aggressive behavior and had been a defendant in various
domestic violence cases since 2005. Number 6 Karen Read
On the night of January the 28th of 2022, as a snow storm was approaching the Greater Boston
area, Karen Read and her off-duty police officer boyfriend left Canton’s Waterfall Bar. After
drinking at the establishment, 42-year-old Read dropped Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe at a
friend’s house. The woman would later claim that she hadn’t actually seen her boyfriend enter the
home, where they’d been invited for a party. Read was reportedly suffering from stomach issues and
decided to leave, making a three-point turn in her Lexus SUV before driving away. A few hours later,
she became worried when her boyfriend didn’t return. She called O’Keefe several times and
then drove with two companions to the Canton house, where they found him unresponsive beside
the road in whiteout conditions. He’d suffered multiple skull fractures, lacerations to his right
arm and his eyes were swollen shut. The 16-year law enforcement officer was pronounced dead at a
local hospital, with hypothermia also believed to have been a factor in his demise. Read was
reported to have repeatedly told a first responder at the scene “I hit him”, by which she meant that
she’d backed her car into him. She was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter which was later upgraded
to second degree murder. A friend reported that at an earlier time, an intoxicated Read
had questioned aloud whether she may have struck O’Keefe, claiming that she couldn’t remember the
night before. When police found her SUV outside her parent’s house, in Dighton, it had a shattered
rear light and scratches on its bumper. A critical piece of evidence consisted of red and white
plastic shards found on the ground where O’Keefe had allegedly been hit. The case was ongoing as of
the fall of 2022, with Read’s defense arguing that O’Keefe had succumbed to a violent assault and not
a car collision, with additional allegations that that evidence to support the latter had
been fabricated by the police. The prosecution maintained that the car strike had killed O’Keefe,
pointing to problems in the couple’s relationship and him wanting to end it as contributing factors.
Number 5 Grace Ross
Scottish couple Grace Ross and Joshua Kerr argued near the farm where the latter worked
in the village of Leslie, Scotland, on May the 22nd of 2020. Ross, who then in her late teens,
had been angry about a cash app on her 18-year-old boyfriend’s phone. She suspected that the teen,
who she later described as the “love of her life”, was hiding things from her but her beliefs would
ultimately prove to have been unfounded. Ross grabbed Kerr’s phone then got back in her car
and accelerated sharply as she tried to perform a three-point turn on the narrow country road.
Ross was travelling less than 3 mph before she hit her boyfriend. Kerr fell under the vehicle,
with one of its wheel going over his lower half and leaving a tire mark on his pants,
and the other running over his head, inflicting a critical skull fracture. Ross was distraught
in the immediate aftermath and tried to help her boyfriend before calling the emergency services.
She pleaded with responding officers to let her give Kerr “one last hug” but the request was
denied. Kerr succumbed to his injuries and Ross was arrested on a murder charge which was later
changed to causing death by dangerous driving. The young woman pleaded guilty to causing death
by careless driving and, in August of 2022, was spared jail and instead ordered to perform 300
hours of community service in addition to being banned from driving for five years.
Number 4 Nigel Malt
On January the 23rd of 2022, Lauren Malt and her boyfriend were involved in a deadly
argument with the former’s estranged father at her home in the village of West Winch, England.
44-year-old Nigel Malt, who was reported to have been inebriated at the time, had initially
breached bail conditions by driving to the shop where Lauren’s mother, Karen, worked. The latter
had reported him to the police in April of the previous year for assaulting her and he’d been
living at another address at the time, with his conditional release stipulating that he couldn’t
contact his wife nor visit her workplace and home. While at the shop, Nigel repeatedly called
19-year-old Lauren with the apparent intention of forcing his way into the Leete Way house where she
lived with Karen and her younger siblings. Lauren eventually answered and Nigel drove to the address
where, upon his arrival, a confrontation ensued involving Lauren’s boyfriend, Arthur Marnell.
Nigel tried to attack him with a crowbar and became enraged when his daughter intervened
and told him to go home. Marnell escaped the attack unharmed and Nigel started speeding
off in his black Mercedes. He then suddenly backed up the vehicle, struck Lauren and drove
over her. Nigel briefly stopped before driving forward and running his daughter over again,
causing further crushing injuries to her head, torso, arms and legs. Nigel exited the Mercedes,
grabbed Lauren and placed her in the passenger’s side footwell. Several residents witnessed the
incident, one of whom recorded him saying “don’t call the police”. Nigel called Karen to say that
her daughter was dead and that he was bringing her over to her workplace. CCTV footage from the shop
would show Karen trying to comfort Lauren before Nigel drove her to a hospital in King’s Lynn,
where she was pronounced dead. During the trial that followed, Nigel’s defense would try to argue
that, in his alcohol-induced rage, he hadn’t seen his daughter while reversing his car. He denied
murder but was ultimately found guilty and jailed for a minimum of 18 years, in September of 2022.
Number 3 Vincent Jean New Jersey man Vincent Jean
and an unnamed 23-year-old woman were involved in a fender bender in Elizabeth, in April of 2022.
Jean had reportedly tried to flee the initial accident but the other driver took out her phone,
started taking photos of his Mitsubishi SUV and followed him up the street. In a vicious attack
recorded by witnesses, 56-year-old Jean then mounted the sidewalk and drove towards the woman
as she desperately tried to flee across a lawn. He slammed his SUV into her and only her screams were
heard as she disappeared from view. After mowing her down, Jean continued to drive on the lawn with
her underneath. As he reversed his vehicle, the woman reappeared lying motionless on the
grass. Jean then revved his engine as onlookers, including the man recording the video, shouted for
him to stop. He drove over the victim again before fleeing the scene. The woman was helped by other
residents prior to being rushed to the hospital in critical condition, with injuries that included
a broken spine and a severed liver. Remarkably, she survived her ordeal. Jean was arrested later
in the day and charged with first-degree attempted murder and third-degree assault by auto. There was
some speculation that his mental might have been affected at the time of the vehicular rampage.
The Daily Mail reported that, based on his social media posts, Jean harbored an obsession for the
videogame Grand Theft Auto, the gameplay mechanics of which allowed players to run people over.
Number 2 Zhang In the summer of 2022,
a harrowing clip emerged on Chinese social media of a man killing his girlfriend by repeatedly
running her over in Tangshan, Hebei Province. The incident occurred across from a swimming pool
where the driver, only identified by his surname as Zhang, was part of the staff. The man drove a
white SUV into his girlfriend, whose last name was reported as Wang by local media. Bystanders
attempted to intervene and move the woman to safety but their attempts were unsuccessful.
Zhang maneuvered the vehicle towards the onlookers and proceeded to repeatedly run Wang over while
she was on the ground until she was dead. Zhang drove off but was captured by the police a few
hours after the brutal killing. Footage of the incident went viral on Weibo, sparking outrage
and reigniting debates over the authorities’ efforts towards preventing violence against women.
Number 1 April Ridgeway and Stephanie Redmond Two South Carolina women were arrested in May of
2015, after getting into a fight at the Socastee Elementary school, in Horry County. 34-year-old
Stephanie Redmond had reportedly shouted at April Ridgeway, aged 29, to slow down as she was driving
towards a crosswalk. The latter got out and a confrontation between her and Redmond ensued.
The two women started pushing each other while loudly cursing. A school employee intervened
and asked them to stop at which point Ridgeway returned to her vehicle and tried to drive off.
Redmond then stepped in front of her vehicle and blocked the younger woman’s path. Ridgeway
tried to maneuver around her several times but ultimately ran over her foot. Redmond,
who refused medical help, was transported to a hospital as a precaution and later discharged.
Both women were arrested and taken to J. Reuben Long Detention Center but a judge subsequently
found no indication of malicious intent on Ridgeway’s part and thus no probable cause to
charge her as it was Redmond who’d intentionally placed herself in harm’s way. The latter, whose
mugshot showed her with teary eyes, reportedly had a history of being confrontational with school
staff. She was charged with disturbing schools and issued a no trespass warning from the principal.
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