CORSICANA — A Texas man is accused of launching his girlfriend off his car as she clung to the hood, fatally injuring her, police say.
Police in Corsicana began investigating when the girlfriend, 35-year-old Sharette Hervey, arrived at a hospital with injuries including a brain bleed and fractured skull, the department said in an October 17 news release.
She was initially taken to a hospital by her boyfriend, Lamieron Robinson, who told staff Hervey’s injuries were a result of a fall, police said.
However, investigators say surveillance video from an elementary school near the couple’s home told a very different story.
In the video, Robinson and Hervey can be seen “involved in a domestic dispute” in the front yard of the home, and at one point, Robinson got in a vehicle and attempted to leave, investigators said. Hervey jumped onto the hood of the vehicle to stop Robinson from leaving, and he slammed on the brakes in an attempt to throw her off, according to police.
Hervey hung on until police said Robinson “accelerated rapidly” down the street and quickly braked a second time, launching Hervey onto the road, where she “struck her head and rolled several yards.”
Video shows Robinson struggling for several minutes to lift an unconscious Hervey into the vehicle and drive home – and it would be 10 hours before he took her to a hospital, investigators say.
Robinson is accused of deleting video captured by cameras at their home, police said. Family members told police they noticed damage to the hood of his vehicle on the day of the fight, but the damage was quickly repaired.
Warrants were issued for Robinson on charges of assault and tampering with physical evidence, but the charges were upgraded to murder when Hervey died on October 12, the department said.
Robinson turned himself in to police on October 17.
McClatchy News was unable to find attorney information for Robinson as of October 19.
Corsicana is a roughly 80-mile drive southeast from Fort Worth.
By MITCHELL WILLETTS/The State
Mitchell Willetts is a real-time news reporter covering the central U.S. for McClatchy. He is a University of Oklahoma graduate and outdoors enthusiast living in Texas.
