Overview

• Clinton County Circuit Judge Cori Barkman imposed the sentence on Wednesday for the 2024 crash that killed two people.
• Monroe pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and eight counts of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury, with other charges dismissed under the plea agreement.
• She also received two to five years on each OWI injury count to be served concurrently with the murder sentence.
• Investigators reported a 0.195 blood-alcohol level and prescription medication use, and deputies found an empty whiskey bottle and pill bottles after stopping her following the crash.
• The May 18, 2024 incident on Wacousta Road killed Daniel Harris, 42, and firefighter Jonathan Esch, 30, and injured more than a dozen pedestrians, including multiple children.