Woman sentenced to nearly 23 years for killing a grandmother in DUI chase

“I just want to say I’m sorry,” the woman said before sentencing.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Thurston County judge sentenced Nicole Romanoff to nearly 23 years in prison Friday for the murder of Gina Munna, a 70-year-old grandmother killed when Romanoff — fleeing police at speeds exceeding 100 mph while under the influence — crashed her truck into the car Munna was riding in.

Judge Christine Schaller handed down the sentence, which was 2½ years longer than prosecutors requested, after hearing emotional victim impact statements from Munna’s family.

Romanoff pleaded guilty in January to second-degree murder and vehicular assault.

The deadly crash

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