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 Illinois attack.
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.
Using the Uber app, police discovered "Eliza" was the last customer to ride with Nelson, the AP reported.
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.