A Florida woman is facing upgraded charges, including vehicular homicide, after a February crash that left her boyfriend critically injured and later dead.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, 22-year-old Daniel Waterman was severely hurt in a crash on February 9 along an interstate in Flagler County. His girlfriend, Leigha Mumby, 24, was arrested in July on charges of reckless driving causing serious bodily injury and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. After Waterman died on October 8, the charges were elevated to vehicular homicide, per an amended warrant filed October 24.
Waterman suffered spinal and head injuries and remained in a coma for weeks. When he regained consciousness, he told investigators that Mumby had intentionally crashed the car into a tree during an argument.
According to Waterman’s statement, the fight began after he learned Mumby was pregnant and had also received a text from another woman. As the argument escalated, Mumby allegedly began driving recklessly. When Waterman tried to get out of the car, she reportedly sped up and said, “I don’t care what happens, you’ll get what you deserve,” before crashing.
Both suffered serious injuries. Mumby later told police she did not remember the moments before the crash and only recalled waking up “in agonizing pain.” She and her unborn child survived.
Waterman’s family is now seeking custody of the baby, pending a paternity test. “We can’t let the baby grow up with a mom that could possibly do this,” said Waterman’s grandfather, Michael Gilman. “If that child is his, we’ll make sure she knows her dad through our actions and memories.”
A GoFundMe organized by family described Waterman as a loving father-to-be who “just wanted to come home.”
Mumby has pleaded not guilty to the initial charges. A plea for the vehicular homicide charge has not yet been entered, and her attorney has not publicly commented.
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