Dolly Hendrickes, 40, reportedly offered no reaction when she sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering her boyfriend by hitting him with her minivan and running him over.
Hendrickes
killed her boyfriend
Andres Claudio, 68, in October 2019 by running him over at an intersection in Harrisburg. Claudio had gotten out of the car during an argument with Hendrickes and was crossing a median when she struck him from behind.
Hendrickes was
convicted of first-degree murder on Wednesday, after a jury deliberated for just 45 minutes.
“Your actions in this case were as bizarre as they were horrific,” Judge
Richard A. Lewis said to Hendrickes at sentencing Thursday, according to a
Patriot-News report. “Then you drove home and relaxed on your back porch.”
The gruesome incident was captured on the dash cam of a nearby tractor-trailer that was stopped for a red light, according to another
Patriot-News report on the trial.
“The jury repeatedly watched Claudio walk in front of the rig and onto the large concrete median as Hendrickes’ van ripped by and struck him from behind,” the
Patriot-News said. “Claudio had gotten out of the van moments earlier amid an argument with Hendrickes. Police said he was dragged about 30 feet under the van and across the median before Hendrickes drove away and left him lying fatally injured in the street.”
Hendrickes had testified that she and Claudio had been arguing when he got out of the van and walked away, according to the report. She said she “felt disrespected,” and also that she was experiencing psychosis.
During her testimony, Hendrickes said that she was already having a rough day when Claudio had called her, asking for a ride. She said that as she drove to pick him up, “My psychosis began to kick in … My thinking was foggy,” the
Patriot-News reported.
She said she and Claudio were arguing about the children—she had seven, and described Claudio as the “probable father” of two of them—when he reached for his pocket. Hendrickes testified that she thought he was reaching for a weapon, although he was only trying to get his keys.
“He’s attacking me. I’m attacking him back,” Hendrickes said, according to the report
. “I’m feeling scared. I’m shaky … I’m hurt. Just the hurt and frustration. My mind was going like a mile a minute.”
Hendrickes also said that she was “remorseful” about the incident, and that she missed Claudio.
Hendrickes didn’t speak at her sentencing hearing. Muller asked Judge Lewis to refer Hendrickes for mental health treatment in prison, and Lewis agreed to this request.