Nurse Nicole Linton Convicted of Murder in Windsor Hills Crash That Killed 6 A Los Angeles jury found traveling nurse Nicole Linton guilty of six counts of second-degree murder for a 2022 Windsor Hills crash that killed six people, including an unborn baby and an 11-month-old boy. A Los Angeles jury on Friday convicted traveling nurse Nicole Linton of six counts of second-degree murder for a fiery 2022 crash in Windsor Hills that killed six people, including an unborn baby and an 11-month-old boy. Jury Convicts Nicole Linton Of MurderThe 41-year-old Linton now faces life behind bars. Jurors reached the verdict after roughly three hours of deliberations in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. The charges stemmed from the Aug. 4, 2022, crash at the intersection of La Brea and Slauson avenues. Prosecutors said Linton walked off her shift as a traveling nurse at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center that afternoon, planning to quit, before deliberately maneuvering her car as she accelerated downhill toward the intersection.They said she ran a red light at speeds estimated between 100 and 130 mph in a 35-mph zone. Surveillance video showed Linton's Mercedes speeding through the red light on La Brea Avenue and broadsiding another vehicle, which exploded into flames. The impact caused that vehicle to crash into at least one other vehicle, and both ended up against a gas station sign on the corner of the intersection.Among those killed were 23-year-old Asherey Ryan of Los Angeles, who was 8 1/2 months pregnant, along with her unborn child. Also killed were her 11-month-old son, Alonzo Quintero, and her 23-year-old boyfriend, Reynold Lester of Los Angeles. They were in a Jaguar that was split in half. Nathesia Lewis, 43, and her friend, 38-year-old Lynette Noble, were also killed.Six Victims Killed In Windsor Hills CrashDeputy Medical Examiner Vadims Poukens testified that all six victims died from traumatic injuries, with three sustaining burns after their deaths. Linton did not testify in her own defense during the trial. She originally faced six murder charges and five counts of gross vehicular manslaughter, but prosecutors dropped the manslaughter counts shortly before trial, court records show. The California Highway Patrol arrested Linton the day of the crash, and she has remained jailed without bail.Linton's attorney, Jovan Blacknell, told jurors in his closing argument that the crash was catastrophic and that the loss of life was horrendous, citing the emotion of it. Her sister Camille has defended her on a website supporting Linton, insisting the deadly crash did not happen on purpose but was a tragic accident. Prosecutors pointed to Linton's bipolar disorder diagnosis and alleged failure to take her medication, as well as prior episodes of aggressive behavior.In one 2016 incident, prosecutors said she struck a woman before speeding away at roughly 100 mph and blowing through red lights. She also had a problematic driving history, including a lack of a California driver's license and involvement in a 2020 traffic collision with bodily injury. Family members of some victims spoke outside the courthouse after the verdict, chanting justice for the Slauson six. This was not an accident, said Shaseana Kerr, Ryan's sister.Family Members Demand Justice For Slauson SixThis was someone who wanted to take himself out and others with her. But I'm so happy that God has given us, has given the families justice, Kerr said. And although she is the one who has to remain in prison, we'll still all be prisoners of grief because grief doesn't end. Jasmond Nelson, Lewis's sister, said: Justice for our families, for all the innocent lives that were taken, including innocent children.So this has been a long journey. It's been extremely hard. So much grief. And even though we have justice, grief doesn't change; it doesn't stop.The verdict brings a measure of closure to a case that shocked the Windsor Hills community and left six families devastated. Linton is scheduled to be sentenced at a later date and faces the possibility of life in prison.