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'It's so rigged': Mom convicted in deadly Girl Scouts crash lashes out at troopers, jurors
Jason Alatidd and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY NETWORK Sun, November 24, 2024
'It's so rigged': Mom convicted in deadly Girl Scouts crash lashes out at troopers, jurors
Jason Alatidd and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY NETWORK Sun, November 24, 2024
A Kansas mother convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a 2022 car crash that killed three Girl Scouts − including her daughter − deflected blame, questioned the fairness of her trial and expressed optimism she would avoid prison during recorded jailhouse phone calls.
Amber Peery, 35, was found guilty in August of three felony counts of involuntary manslaughter, two felony counts of aggravated battery and two traffic violations in a wreck on the Kansas Turnpike after she made an illegal U-turn and her vehicle was struck by a semi truck.
In a series of calls hours after being found guilty, Peery alleged misconduct in the judicial system. "It's so rigged," she said, adding that, "I feel like the (expletive) jurors were paid off or something."
Amber Peery, 35, was found guilty in August of three felony counts of involuntary manslaughter, two felony counts of aggravated battery and two traffic violations in a wreck on the Kansas Turnpike after she made an illegal U-turn and her vehicle was struck by a semi truck.
In a series of calls hours after being found guilty, Peery alleged misconduct in the judicial system. "It's so rigged," she said, adding that, "I feel like the (expletive) jurors were paid off or something."
Peery paced around the jail room and blamed the Kansas Highway Patrol for what she considered a shoddy investigation.
"Everything just went toward me," Peery said. "It's not fair. It's just not."
She also blamed the truck driver and made it sound like having her blinker light on negated her culpability in the illegal U-turn. And she also accused the other parents of committing perjury on the stand during her trial.
"Everything just went toward me," Peery said. "It's not fair. It's just not."
She also blamed the truck driver and made it sound like having her blinker light on negated her culpability in the illegal U-turn. And she also accused the other parents of committing perjury on the stand during her trial.
Later in the video, she said she read a newspaper article while in jail. "I just cried," Peery said. "I'm just tired. It was an accident. I didn't kill three children. I got in a car accident."
What happened in deadly Topeka Girl Scouts crash?
Peery was driving the children as part of a three-vehicle caravan heading to a Girl Scouts event in Tonganoxie, about 35 miles away, but she and the other drivers took the wrong ramp to the Kansas Turnpike at the south Topeka interchange. The southbound lanes have no off-ramps or legal turnaround spots for 30 miles, so the trio of drivers made illegal U-turns through an opening in the turnpike barrier wall.
The first two vehicles made it through safely. But Peery's vehicle was hit by a semi truck, killing three girls while injuring two other children and Peery.
What happened in deadly Topeka Girl Scouts crash?
Peery was driving the children as part of a three-vehicle caravan heading to a Girl Scouts event in Tonganoxie, about 35 miles away, but she and the other drivers took the wrong ramp to the Kansas Turnpike at the south Topeka interchange. The southbound lanes have no off-ramps or legal turnaround spots for 30 miles, so the trio of drivers made illegal U-turns through an opening in the turnpike barrier wall.
The first two vehicles made it through safely. But Peery's vehicle was hit by a semi truck, killing three girls while injuring two other children and Peery.
