Woman Murders Boyfriend By Running Him Over With Her Car

A woman has been accused of killing her boyfriend by deliberately running him over with her car in Brandywine, Maryland on Saturday, Aug. 20.

The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Udele Burno, has been arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter in the death of her 40-year-old boyfriend, Shamatto Clarke, after she allegedly intentionally ran him over with her car outside a home in Brandywine, Maryland, about 22 miles southeast of Washington, D.C., Fox News reported.

The incident came to light after officers from the Prince George’s County Police Department responded to a call at approximately 8:45 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, to reports of a person being trapped underneath a vehicle outside of a home in Brandywine, Maryland. After officers rushed to the area, they found the victim, Clarke of Riverdale, Maryland, dead at the scene, ABC News reported

“The preliminary investigation suggests Burno intentionally struck the victim with her car, causing fatal injuries,” Prince George’s County authorities reported. Police officers did not disclose a possible motive behind the killing.

Following the incident, Burno has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and is currently being held in the custody of the Department of Corrections on a no-bond status. Anyone who has information that can help with the investigation is asked to call Prince George’s County detectives at 301-516-2512.

In a similar but unrelated incident, a woman reportedly ran over and killed her former partner in a parking lot after an argument ensued between them over the custody of their children in Salem, Massachusetts on Saturday, Aug. 20, Latin Times reported.

The accused, identified as Branda Myshelle Myers, 29, and her former partner Vince Edward Fouts, 38, also of Salem, were reportedly attempting to resolve a custody dispute in the parking lot of Woodmansee Park in the 4600 block of Sunnyside Road Southeast on Saturday, Aug 20, when their confrontation took a tragic turn. As their argument escalated, Myers, in a fit of rage, allegedly hit Fouts with her car and ran him over multiple times with the intention of killing him.

Officers responded to the scene and Myers was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of her former partner.

Meyers and Fouts were former spouses. According to Fouts' family members, the pair had never married.