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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Bad moms in cars: Using baby to bypass ignition interlock

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2017

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

A Pennsylvania mother allegedly used her 8-year-old daughter’s breath to bypass the breathalyzer device installed to prevent her from driving while drunk, but she was busted after crashing her car, according to police. Judges allow many convicted drunk drivers to stay behind the wheel as long as they only drive cars with ignition interlock devices, which tests a driver’s breath before cranking. The woman now faces charges of corrupting her child, along with a new DUI offense. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss this case and the conviction of another woman who put her drugged 5-year-old into a burning car in this episode.

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0:00.0

I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new co-case podcast, Zone 7.

0:04.1

We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized

0:09.1

experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on

0:13.6

to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.

0:18.0

We are going to solve these cases own air together.

0:22.4

Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app, the Apple Podcast app, or wherever you listen to

0:28.3

your favorite podcast.

0:38.1

Every year thousands of convicted drunk drivers receive a court order to install an

0:42.4

ignition interlock device on their vehicle. Ignition interlock devices or IIDs are designed to

0:50.3

keep convicted drunk drivers from starting cars if they've been drinking again.

0:54.4

In order to start the car, of course they need to blow into the device to physically show that

0:58.0

they are not intoxicated. This is car stories with Nancy Grace.

1:03.3

According to Pennsylvania State Police, Wayne's for a resident Angela Day Walt is charged with a

1:08.4

DUI, endangering the welfare of a child and other charges. Day Walt was in a single vehicle crash.

1:14.7

When State Police got to the accident, they found out from a witness that before she got into the car,

1:20.8

she attempted to have her eight-year-old daughter blow into our mission interlock.

1:27.1

Absolutely incredible. A drunk mom uses her little girl's breath to start the car and flee the crash

1:37.2

scene. Did mommy use her eight-year-old daughter to bypass the ignition interlock? I mean,

1:44.5

really? You have your eight-year-old, that's a good memory. Yeah, I remember when mom had me

1:49.3

breathed into the steering wheel so she could drive drunk with me in the car. Good times.

1:55.6

I mean, Nancy Grace, this is crime stories. Thank you for being with us. I just don't get it.

2:01.4

A woman who we think has a history of drunk driving now stands accused of using her little girl's breath

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