Monster who fatally shot Uber driving force mom-of-four as she begged for her existence learns destiny

The Pennsylvania guy who killed his mother-of-four Uber driving force has been sentenced to existence at the back of bars with out parole for the brutal homicide.

Calvin Crew, 25, was once sentenced on Monday to existence with out parole for the 2022 slaying of Christina Spicuzza.

Harrowing dashboard digicam photos confirmed the 38-year-old mother-of-four begging for her existence when Crew put a gun to her head after she picked him up for a journey.

Crew was once convicted of first-degree homicide in February and confronted the demise penalty, reported WTAE.

However, Spicuzza’s circle of relatives requested that he be spared and the assassin was once sentenced to existence, with an extra 13 to 26 years for kidnapping and theft fees.

‘You must have the demise penalty however we confirmed mercy,’ stated Spicuzza’s mom, Cindy Spicuzza. ‘You accomplished her. No mercy, no regret. It was once abhorrent. It was once homicide.’

Crew was once now not within the court docket for sentencing at his personal request, and his protection legal professional stated his consumer maintains his innocence and plans to enchantment, in keeping with KDKA.

‘No explanation why rather than a coward. A coward who could not be right here nowadays to stand this,’ stated Spicuzza’s existence spouse, Brandon Marto.

Mother-of-four and Uber driving force Christina Spicuzza (pictured), 38, was once shot lifeless after selecting up Crew for a journey

Harrowing dashboard digicam photos confirmed Spicuzza begging for her existence when Crew put a gun to her head

Spicuzza is remembered as a loving mom who was once all the time seeking to unfold pleasure, in keeping with her obituary.

‘Christi was once at the start a loving mom. She additionally loved artwork, crafting, and her religious study,’ her circle of relatives stated.

‘Anyone who knew Christi knew her smile may just illuminate each and every room she was once in. No topic what was once occurring in her existence, Christi was once all the time smiling, all the time sure, and all the time loving.’

Police stated Crew used his female friend’s telephone to reserve the Uber on February 10, 2022, then held a gun to Spicuzza’s head and instructed her to stay using.

She reached again 4 seconds after the gun was once raised to her head, felt the weapon, and incredulously stated ‘you have to be joking,’ in keeping with The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Crew instructed her once more to stay using, and he or she instructed him that she had a circle of relatives: ‘I’m begging you. I’ve 4 children.’

‘I were given a circle of relatives too,’ Crew retorted. ‘Now pressure.’

Repeatedly, he instructed her to ‘whole the commute.’ She requested him more than one occasions to place the gun down, however he stored it pointed behind her neck.

Crew was once going through the demise penalty, however Spicuzza’s circle of relatives (pictured) requested  that he be spared and the assassin was once sentenced to existence

Spicuzza was once discovered lifeless with a unmarried gunshot wound to the again of her head and a 9mm shell casing close to her frame in a wooded space

‘Please take that off of me,’ she stated. He reached up into the entrance seat and grabbed her telephone from the dashboard, in keeping with the grievance.

‘Do what I say and the whole lot might be all proper,’ he instructed her.

The video cuts after Crew grabs Spicuzza’s sprint cam and turns it off, the grievance alleges. It is unclear what came about subsequent, even though the journey ended with the motive force’s brutal homicide.

During the pressure, in keeping with the grievance, Crew’s female friend despatched him a message announcing, ‘[I’m] now not going to prison if we get stuck.’

Spicuzza was once discovered lifeless with a unmarried gunshot wound to the again of her head and a 9mm shell casing close to her frame in a wooded space close to the 500 block of Rosecrest Drive. 

Ultimately, Spicuzza’s dashboard digicam was once recovered one-tenth of a mile from the spot the place she picked up Crew, and police seen the photos from a mini SD card within the digicam, which recorded audio and video from the back and front of the automobile, courtroom paperwork state.

Crew is an ex-convict who was once now not allowed to own a firearm, in keeping with the legal grievance, because of critical offenses he dedicated as a juvenile.

Days ahead of the murder warrant was once filed he was once arrested by means of the Northern Regional Police Department for a prison associated with the sale and switch of firearms and a misdemeanor of falsification to government. 

That case was once filed for crimes that government allege came about on September 10, 2020.