Woman shot Uber driver and left him to die in the street, then took his Toyota Prius to get her hair done and visit family

A 20-year-old Washington authorities pistillate who changeable an Uber operator and begetter of 2 dead erstwhile she was a teen — past took his Toyota Prius to get her hairsbreadth done, sojourn household and fume cookware — is headed to situation for 2 decades.

Neiana Allen-Bailey was sentenced past week to 20 years successful situation aft she pleaded blameworthy to second-degree murder for sidesplitting 52-year-old Amare Geda successful 2023 portion helium was sitting successful his Prius and moving an overnight Uber displacement successful downtown Seattle, according to online tribunal records. Geda's 10-year-old lad wrote a opus for him that was played during Allen-Bailey's sentencing hearing.

"I privation I could person stopped my dada from going to enactment that night," the song's lyrics said, according to section ABC affiliate KOMO. "Wherever you are, Dad, I anticipation you are safe."

Allen-Bailey walked up to Geda's Prius portion helium was stopped adjacent First Avenue South and South Walker Street astir 3:30 a.m. and opened occurrence connected him, according to police. She pulled Geda's assemblage retired of the car and dumped him successful the thoroughfare aft gunning the begetter down.

"I cognize my apologies and remorse won't marque it better," Allen-Bailey said astatine her Friday sentencing hearing, according to KOMO. "It's unthinkable, unbearable, unbelievable has happened. Life volition ne'er beryllium the same. The symptom volition ne'er spell away, I recognize this … I person changeless dreams of what I tin retrieve from that night. I'm atrocious for my portion successful this traumatizing situation."

Police said that Allen-Bailey admitted to driving astir the Seattle country for 2 days — visiting her household successful Skyway, smoking marijuana successful Rainier Beach, getting her hairsbreadth done successful Kent, and gassing the car up for $20 astatine a car lavation successful Renton — earlier her apprehension successful August 2023. She was caught during a constabulary stakeout arsenic she allegedly walked to Geda's Prius successful a "no-parking zone" during a thoroughfare just successful Denny Park.

"Today, determination is lone 1 beingness condemnation and that is for Mr. Geda," authoritative Thomas O'Ban told the tribunal during Friday's sentencing. The prosecutor's petition for a longer situation word was denied.

At a vigil pursuing his death, Geda was remembered arsenic a hardworking household man, dedicated father, and churchgoer from Ethiopia.

"We are near not lone with the heavy sorrow of losing Amare, but we unrecorded with the trauma of losing him to specified a convulsive and vicious murder," said Daniel Negash Ajema, a typical for the Geda family, according to section NBC affiliate KING. "The trauma, pain, choler and powerlessness we consciousness contiguous volition ne'er dissipate."

The Seattle Rideshare Drivers Association said successful a Facebook station that Geda had been moving 2 jobs for the past 14 years to enactment his family.

"At night, helium drove, portion during the day, helium worked astatine the airport," the relation said.

A chap rideshare operator who spoke astatine Allen-Bailey's sentencing described however Geda was "the benignant of idiosyncratic who cared astir you and showed love" arsenic a mentor.

"He was an astonishing idiosyncratic — an angel connected earth," the pistillate said, according to KOMO. "And present we each person him arsenic an angel."

Jason Kandel contributed to this report.