Mikela Bahe, 30, is facing multiple charges, including second-degree murder, in the death of 52-year-old Norris L. Taft
Police said Taft was found seriously injured in the parking lot of an apartment complex just after 4 p.m. Sunday, May 3, and later died at a hospital.
Investigators said surveillance video showed a woman getting into a dark-colored SUV as Taft walked in front of it, apparently trying to get the driver to stop.
The SUV then accelerated, hit Taft and briefly dragged him underneath before speeding away, police said.
Detectives said a family member told them Taft had met a woman on the app MocoSpace and was on his way to pick her up.
The relative said Taft later texted that he had been “catfished” because the woman did not look like her profile photo, and he was trying to end the date.
Police say video and purchase history from businesses the pair visited, including a dispensary and a gas station, helped identify the woman as Bahe.
Court documents said Bahe admitted she was with Taft for part of the weekend but claimed she could not remember what happened between leaving the dispensary and the next morning.
Authorities say Bahe later called a family member and said she “f***** up” and would be going to prison, then stopped answering detectives’ questions.
Woman accused of killing a man who tried to end date after realizing he had been ‘catfished,’ police say
A woman in Arizona is accused of killing a man who tried to end a date early after realizing he had been “catfished,” according to police.
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