Jealous rage led to tragedy in Omaha

[Ace Boobtoucher]

There's nothing but sadness in this story. Here's what happened. I took the liberty of condensing the story because the Omaha Weird Harold has a tendency to embelish a bit. http://omaha.com/article/20090626/NEWS01/706269894

A mother's hit-and-run death might have been the result of another woman's jealous rage.

Courtney L. Antillon, 19, misunderstood when she saw her live-in boyfriend exchanging information Monday with a 35-year-old woman after they got into a fender bender. When Antillon drove past and spotted the two outside La Michoacana, an ice cream parlor, she made a U-turn and drove toward them.

Her car nicked her boyfriend, Israel Francisco-Gonzalo, before slamming into Rodriguez. He suffered minor injuries. Rodriguez suffered massive head and internal injuries and died later that night at a hospital. After the car sped away, Rodriguez's children — Stephany, 13, and Joseph, 8 — rushed to their dying mother's side.

Riding in Antillon's back seat was Ivan, the 2-year-old son she had with Francisco-Gonzalo.

A witness gave chase and was able to get the license plate number before returning to the scene.

And here's the portions that had me muttering "bullshit."

She denied trying to run down her boyfriend and said she drove away from the scene because she was scared and didn't know what to do.

“She was kind of aiming at him to scare him,” Perez said. “Not to kill anyone, just to scare him and get his attention. I think she did it without thinking, and then when she hit her (Rodriguez), she freaked out.”

Antillon asked her mother to come get Ivan. Not telling police that Ivan was in the car was the only time she lied, Antillon said.

Before someone decides to mow down a romantic rival they should get their facts straight is the moral of the story here, I guess.

So not only did the victim's children lose their Mom, so did the driver's. I can't see a positive outcome for anyone involved with this case.