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Maniac schoolgirl, 19, admits butchering Uber driver with machete in random attack gets 27 years
A MANIAC schoolgirl, 19, who admitted to butchering her Uber driver with a machete in a random attack was sentenced to 27 years in prison.
Eliza Wasni, 19, was sentenced on Monday after prosecutors said she stabbed driver Grant Nelson in the 2017 attack.
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The state attorney's office said Wasni plead guilty to first-degree murder, the reported.
Judge Michael J. Hood called the stabbing a "random act of violence", the reported.
Nelson, 34, had picked up then 16-year-old Wasni from a Walmart in Skokie, a suburb of , the AP reported.
Prosecutors said within two minutes, Wasni then stabbed Nelson repeatedly with a knife and machete she had stolen, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Nelson was able to get out of the car, and got help at a condominium building close by, the AP reported.
A 911 caller said Nelson shouted "Help me, help me" and "I'm going to die," reported.
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Cops found Nelson by following a trail of blood, and he described the attacker.
He told a paramedic his attacker "came at me with a machete," Patch reported.
Nelson later died at a hospital.
After the attack, Wasni fled in the vehicle, prosecutors said.
She hit a median, then ran away on foot, the AP reported.
Cops found Wasni covered in blood. She was holding the machete and knife, which were also covered in blood, the reported.
Using the Uber app, police discovered "Eliza" was the last customer to ride with Nelson, the AP reported.
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Although she was 16 at the time, former Taft High School student Wasni was charged as an adult.
She signed a plea deal on Monday, and was sentenced to 27 years, Patch reported.
Wasni will remain in prison until she is 44.
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