{"id":194775,"date":"2026-02-26T13:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/194775\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:16:15","slug":"kern-county-judge-finds-sufficient-evidence-in-dui-crash-that-killed-married-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/194775\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County judge finds sufficient evidence in DUI crash that killed married couple"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A woman accused of driving under the influence in a crash that killed a married couple in March 2025<\/a> is set to be arraigned next month after a Kern County judge found sufficient evidence linking her to the crime on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Anabell Correa, 22, faces 10 charges, including two counts of murder and several DUI-related charges, in the deaths of Desiree and Max Mooney<\/a>. A judge also found several additional enhancements to be true, which could add time to Correa\u2019s possible sentence.<\/p>\n

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A GoFundMe was created for the couple killed in the suspected DUI crash on Stockdale Highway. PHOTO: GoFundMe<\/p>\n

Correa is accused of crashing into a rideshare vehicle, killing passengers Desiree and Max Mooney as they were returning home from a Saint Patrick\u2019s Day celebration on March 16, 2025. The crash happened at Stockdale Highway and Gosford Road.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Courtroom unavailability delays DUI crash suspect’s hearing, rescheduled for Sept. 23<\/a><\/p>\n

Max Mooney died at the scene. Desiree Mooney later died at the hospital. Another passenger in the vehicle and the rideshare driver were hurt.<\/p>\n

According to court documents,<\/a> at the time, 21-year-old Anabell Aleyna Correa was the sole occupant and driver of the other vehicle and admitted to drinking, telling police, \u201cI drank one twisted tea, bro.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FILE: Anabell Aleyna Correa pled not guilty in court on Tuesday. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

Court documents also said Correa was a mother and made statements including, \u201cI\u2019m never seeing my kid, huh, just because I drove and drank one, two drinks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Documents showed Correa had a blood alcohol level of 0.088%.<\/p>\n

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According to court documents, Correa was traveling eastbound on Stockdale Highway and failed to stop for a red light before hitting the other vehicle. A records check found Correa did not have a license.<\/p>\n

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Two people died after they were hit by a suspected DUI driver on Stockdale Highway.<\/p>\n

Court documents also said Correa was aware of the dangers of drinking and driving, noting she said her cousin was killed after being struck by a drunk driver in 2022.<\/p>\n

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Correa pleaded not guilty to all charges in March 2025. She is due in court for arraignment on March 9, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A woman accused of driving under the influence in a crash that killed a married…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-194775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}