SANTA FE, NM - A woman was sentenced to two life sentences last week in connection with a fatal wreck in Santa Fe, the Albuquerque Journal reports.
A judge ordered 49-year-old Jeannine Jaramillo of Albuquerque to serve the sentences consecutively, resulting in a minimum of 60 years in prison.
Jaramillo was found guilty Dec. 12 for the wrong-way crash on Interstate 25 in March 2022 that left two people dead.
Prosecutors said Jaramillo faked her own kidnapping and led police on a chase while driving a Chevrolet Malibu on I-25. As she headed south in the northbound lanes, Santa Fe Police Officer Robert Duran, 43 and retired Las Vegas, New Mexico firefighter Frank Lovato, 62, crashed into each other and were killed.
Jaramillo was convicted of first-degree felony murder, great bodily injury by vehicle, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, and several other charges.
“This was a priority one for law enforcement,” said First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer "You led (police) through busy streets, driving in the opposite lane of traffic at times on residential streets, and then you purposely drove on the exit ramp on Interstate 25 going directly against oncoming traffic.”
Before her sentencing, Jaramillo apologized to the families of the two victims.
