Grand jury indicts woman in death of boyfriend

Suspect is accused of running over man

Tammy Dawn Tholl
Tammy Dawn Tholl

A Texarkana, Texas, woman has been indicted for felony murder by a Bowie County grand jury for allegedly running over and killing her boyfriend while drunk.

Tammy Dawn Tholl, 42, was indicted for felony drunken driving Thursday as well. At the time of her arrest Sept. 27 by a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper, Tholl was charged with intoxication manslaughter. That charge was upped to murder because of Tholl's prior drunk driving convictions, according to her indictment.

Tholl allegedly did not stop after running over Mark Anthony Murray, 56, as she drove a white 2012 Nissan Maxima on Country Paradise Circle in Wake Village, Texas, according to a probable cause affidavit used to create the following account. Tholl allegedly left the scene and drove to her estranged husband's home on Meadows Lane in Texarkana, Texas, where she was arrested by DPS Trooper Chad Turner.

Tholl allegedly performed poorly on field sobriety tests and registered a .13 on a portable breathalyzer. Drivers are considered impaired at .08. Turner transported Tholl to CHRISTUS St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana where a sample of her blood was drawn and sent to the state crime lab for testing.

Tholl's case has been assigned to 102nd District Judge Bobby Lockhart. If convicted of felony drunken driving, Tholl faces two to 10 years behind bars. If found guilty of felony murder, Tholl faces five to 99 years or life in a Texas prison.

 

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