FULTON COUNTY, Ga.,None — The mother of a woman charged in the 2009 Easter Sunday hit-and-run that left five people dead pleaded guilty to trying to help her daughter cover up the accident, according to the Fulton County District's Attorney's Office.
Sheila Michael, the mother of Aimee Michael, pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and hindering the apprehension of a criminal on Monday.
She will be sentenced after Aimee Michael's trial. Jury selection began Monday in the vehicular homicide trial of 24-year-old Aimee Michael.
Aimee Michael was charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, one count of serious injury by vehicle, six counts of hit-and-run and one count each of tampering with evidence, reckless driving and failure to maintain lane.
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Aimee Michael told investigators she was in her BMW, going to the store to pick up cake and ice cream, when she was involved in the wreck that killed five people on Easter Sunday in 2009.
She said she drove home, parked the BMW in the garage and didn't tell anyone about the wreck for two days, before confiding in her mother, investigators said.
Robert and Delisia Carter, their newborn son, Ethan, and Delisia Carter's 9-year-old daughter, Kayla, died in the chain-reaction crash near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Also killed was 6-year-old Morgan Johnson, whose mother, 43-year-old Tracie Johnson of Atlanta, was injured.