The Moment She Realized She Killed 2 People

It was supposed to be a beautiful Easter morning in 2021. What happened next would never be forgotten for this family. We've been tracking this case for the last 2 and 1/2 years. After dozens of open records requests and the hiring of an attorney, we finally obtained the records related to this tragic incident and go in depth on the story behind it. 911 calls detail the seriousness behind what took place. April 4, 20,21 10 3235. Please confirm with the address of your emergency. Yes, there's been a a severe car accident on 42. What's the crossing? Road

42. What's the crossing? Bubble bar. Bubble bar. County road. County road. Okay. How many vehicles happened? Two. Two vehicles. Is anyone injured? Yes. Yes. Okay. What kind of injuries? We don't know. driving past it. But that's completely it looks like it's going to start on fire. Okay, you're not Are you there anymore? No. Okay, they Hey, stop. They've been on the way this entire time. This is just getting more information for them for when they arrive. Okay. Like I said, we have a lot of help on the way. Thank you for calling. Yep. Thank you.

10 32 39 911. Is this a life or death emergency? Yes, it is. There's a car crash on 42 like right by the 42. Hold on. Hold on. 42 and what I don't know whatever's by the bubble board. What happened? The the red car was turning like by the Tell me what h accident or I can't understand. The car crash. Yeah, the car crash. Is anyone injured? Yes. Okay. Is it blocking traffic? Please. I need someone to talk to me. The car is on fire. There's one car on fire. A car is on fire from

it. Which car is on fire? The white car. The Chrysler car is on fire. Okay. Did you see flames or just smoke? Yes, there's flames and smoke. Is anyone in the vehicle that's on fire? No, not not not in the vehicle. But the the car in the SUV is the SUV. There's somebody that is not conscious. Just stand the line with me. I have lots of help on the way. Are you involved or are you just passer by? No, I'm a passer by, but my friend's brother and sister were in the car that just got

hit. Court testimony held at a later date details the moments before officers arrived after witnessing a horrific crash. Witnesses say they approached the white vehicle and found one passenger to be severely injured but alive. Bystanders pulled her out of the car while it was on fire, likely saving her life. She would not have been able to do this on her own due to her injuries, which included a broken ankle, broken backbones, and two broken ribs. She also suffered from a deep laceration caused by the seat belt into her stomach, exposing her intestines underneath her shirt.

The driver of that same vehicle was able to get out on his own and sustained minor injuries. As officers arrive, they witness the injured passenger on the ground and recognize that civilians have stepped up to help. Hello. Thanks. Thanks for tending to Their next priority is to check on the occupants of the red vehicle. The damage is plainly obvious as the red vehicle was struck with such a force that it was ripped into two pieces. Is everyone out? You think there's out here? There's one here. Okay. I didn't feel a pulsa. Okay. too concerned about

that. Is there still two in here? Got a driver and one in the back seat. [Applause] 45 122 or 86. We've got two trapped inside of a vehicle that'll need to be pried out. Um I don't know if they've got a either of the two have a pulse. No, don't try to bite. No, no. Okay. I I I understand your concern. I'll just have you wait back here. Thank you. It's okay. I'm not getting close. These people aren't coming out of this vehicle, right? They No. Am I seeing that right? Okay. All right. I appreciate

your assistance. Thank you. I'm a former. Oh, you are. All right. All right. And we know that nobody's in this one. No. Everybody out. Okay, we're clear here. Okay. All right. I'm just I'm going to try to maintain some kind of a perimeter here. Are you okay? Who's Who's in the car? I'll give it to you later. Please get this to the hospital now. I will give it to you. I will give it to you all right now. Just get them to the hospital now. She She has a huge cur here. Well, did you see

what happened or you just hear videoing? I just saw this and I came over. Okay. So, so you did see it happen or you didn't? No, I didn't see it actually. Okay. All right. Right behind you. Is there anything I can do to help get this person out? A pulse on that. I We weren't getting a pulse on these people. Were you in the car? No. Were you in the Were you in the car? The passenger. The driver. [Music] Yes, please. uh we get an ID on these two passengers. This is her sister. She wasn't

in the car. She was in a different car. Her sister was in the car. Yeah. Oh, it's his. Officers gathered information and got most of the story put together. The individuals in the red car, Dalton and Taylor, were struck by the white car driven by Leon Bond III with his twin sister in the front passenger seat. Their older sister, Camille Leach Dennis Bond, was driving alongside them in a separate and seemingly uninvolved black vehicle with her best friend in the passenger seat, Lynn. Lynn was the one to make the 911 call at the beginning of

this video. After the crash, Camille stopped down the street in the middle of the road and ran towards the accident on foot. According to court testimony, Camille got out of the car so fast she forgot to put the car in park, but Lynn noticed and did it for her from the passenger seat. Officers quickly realized this may be a criminal investigation involving multiple fatalities and that extreme speeds were likely involved. Accordingly, they quickly identify Camille as a key person of interest. Officers will eventually obtain video evidence of the crash itself to further support Camille's involvement.

We will go over that footage later in this video. Ma'am. Ma'am. Can't go over there right now. We got a car on fire. It's not safe. It's okay. It's okay. here. Camille is immediately placing blame on the other driver. She doesn't hesitate to use profanities towards Taylor, who she incorrectly believes was driving the red car. Think we're going to call 1072. Okay. 45122. There's going to be two 1072s. Officers unfortunately discover the two individuals in the red car, Dalton Lee Ford and Taylor Nicole Garza, have been killed in the crash. The couple was 22 years

old. They had plans to celebrate Easter with their families that morning. Three people around here taking pictures. Holy disrespect. Well, and and I asked all of them, did you see what happened? Are you just here to video? Yeah, doing their commentary and Got witnesses over here. Okay. Um, so we need to start talking to them. Okay. Officers begin questioning witnesses to hopefully figure out exactly what happened. I did it. I did it. He's got some riven. So whenever we get it on back we're going back to my house so we can get I can't even

go over here right now. Wait right here by the Tennessee. I had to get them out. I didn't even follow you. I had to get them out. Hey man, I need the ball you had. You're pregnant. Yeah. Do not ride the TV. Oh no. Only one. It's not a 50. It should have been hitting you too, but it didn't. My My mom is here, but her car is up there. Hold on. Cuz your car is still driving. My car is fine. Christmas. Is she dead? Is she dead? That's all I need to know. I have

no idea. Well, she better be. If she's not, I'm stuck in the head. I'm going to my car. I'm going to my car. Why don't we wait here for a second? I don't think you're able to. Yes, I am. I'm fine. No, I don't think I'm going to my sister. I'm going to my She left. Camil, she left. She She's gone. Yeah, it's fine. I will say my car is fine though. But stay fine. I'm not moving. I just need my food and my That's what I'm going to get for you. Okay. Stay right here,

please. Hi. I'm not Look at my baby. I'm sorry. Is she dead? No. That I don't know. I don't know. I'm very sorry I can't give that information. He just wants you to be safe right now. I'm fine. I just want my stuff. I'm not going anywhere. This must be really hard. Yeah. You didn't get my phone. Okay. Your car might be locked. So, we can't It's not My keys are in the car. It's not going to lock. Okay. Where's your phone? It's It's in the car. It's connected to the It's It's connected to a

white plug. Okay. I have to get it. My mom's going to call it. I think he has it. It's with your sho. Excuse my language. I'm sorry. Excuse my language. What the I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You're the baby's baby. What's up? They went to Richie. Okay, let it go. And their boat. Their boat. The passengers in the white car are okay. What about the other people? I don't know yet. Let's just get you off the street now. I need everybody to go on the other side of the road. I go to the hospital and walk

with us. We'll get it taken care of, man. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. I got to go get my truck over there. Sterling, you stay with me. You're going to walk with me. Okay. Okay. What happened? All right, guys. Are both of them going to Henipin County Medical Center? They're either going to Hen or Richiew. Rich is closer. Well, I was told that Tiana is going to medical cuz this is one for children. So then they're going to Richview, which is which is in Burnsville. They're going to the Ridge Hospital that's in Burnsville. do a

quick blow. I know. And that's why I hope that I hope that she is because she's carry because the tried to Can you talk to her? Cuz she just said that they just passed that hospital. She just she tried to beat him and tried to go around her so he wouldn't hit her. They went to the county of Minneapolis. They went to the Bounty Minneapolis. She tried to She tried to move to the tried to go around. I don't know why they should fall over. I don't know. So, it's fine, but has a big cut

right now. Her knee's going to come out of it. Exactly. We're We're still We have to wait for the medical examiner to get here before we can touch any of the cars. You could expedite. We're going to go 10:15 with this. So, what was your first name? Camille. Okay, Camille. Here's what's going to happen is we're going to be placing you under arrest. Why? For criminal vehicular operation. How? Well, you were racing your brother. No, I was not. So, here's what we're going to do. We have to examine all of our phones and that type

of stuff. So, like I said, we can go two ways. I If we have to put you in handcuffs, we're going to But we're going to take you back to our station to talk to you. Nobody was racing. We were going 65. Okay. So, I I understand that. No, no, no, no, no, no. Okay. So, say you think you're going 65. We weren't even going that fast. And I watched it. That's the thing. I I watched it and I He was even behind me. So, who squealled out at the intersection there? What was that? Who

squealled out back at that intersection way down there? Did you have a witness that said that somebody smoke over the tires? No, we did not. I I even I literally we left at the same time. Nobody had wheels nor nothing. Okay. That whoever told you that is lying. And I'm just going to say it like this. Whoever told you who said that most likely is probably white. And I know it is. This wouldn't be the first time Camille has claimed being prejudiced against while being accused of a crime. Before the day of the crash, Camille

held several speeding tickets in her records, even though she was just 19 years old. Her first ticket listed she was traveling 50 m an hour in a 30 mph zone, 20 m over the speed limit. Her second speeding charge was for going 58 m in a 45 mph zone, 13 mi over the speed limit. However, the ticket details that she was very argumentative with the officer in this situation. The report shares that she argued she was pulled over due to her loud music and her being black. Then claimed she was traveling that speed on a

hill and then when the officer handed her the ticket, she crumpled it up and tossed it into the passenger seat of her vehicle. Her third ticket was listed as duty to drive with due care speed where no specific speed data is cited. More details on more of her tickets will be covered shortly. We were not racing. No, none of that. You weren't racing. No, I told him for a simple fact. For a simple fact, I'mma tell you just like this. For a simple fact, we are black. It is a nice day outside. I know that

the police are out. We see the state troopers out. We were not going for I said we're going to just go the speed limit up here. He said, "Okay, his car his car has more more horsepower than mine does. So, obviously it's going to sound like it because I know how his engine sounds and I'm going to spit fast. My car is slow. But I was in front so he knows I was in front. Okay. Obviously, I'm going to be in front. because he's going to follow my lead. We were not going fast. She gassed

on it. When I mean she gassed on it, she didn't see him because he was behind me. My accident. My car was up there, but I moved it up here because it was rolling back and it was still in drive. I don't want to mess up my transmission. She gassed on it to try to beat him. Okay. So, I appreciate you telling me all that type of stuff. So, like I said, our process is this. Okay. I Please don't do that. I'm already black and it already looks bad enough. It has nothing to do with

race, man. We have two people that are dead right now caused by an accident because you put gas on it. Okay, that has nothing to do with me and my brother. We were not We were not speeding. What do you not understand? You know what the speed limit is on? Yes, it's 55. You were going 60. Okay. It's not my problem that she wanted to be a dumb and try to beat us. That's not my problem. You placing me under arrest for something that we did not do. We have digital dashes, bro. And we're going

to get all that. We have digital dashes. So therefore, we were going 60. So you don't have to yell at me. I have to because you don't understand. Okay. So, here's what we're that's going to happen. No, I'm not. You're not placing me under arrest or anything. Okay. Sorry, Liz. Baby, I love you. I love all of you guys. Stay there. Stay. Please, baby. You're going to be in handcuffs in a minute if you don't stay over there. Please, baby. I love you guys. I love all you guys. Let's go put on I love you,

Mom. Yep. Yeah. And yes, they did use force and I was not resisting. So, miss, what we'll do is we'll take a statement from you and everything you said. She'll take me out of these, please. When we get back to our station, okay, love you guys. Can you uh Jay, you want to pat her down quick? I don't have anything. I know. I got to make sure. They land in my ass. I got no draws off. Just listen. I ain't got no drawers off. Okay. While both Leyon and Camille were arrested that day, they were

both released shortly after pending charges. However, prosecutors did charge and arrested the driver of the white vehicle that made contact in the crash, Leon Bond III, who faced charges 6 months later. Leyon was ultimately tried as a juvenile. This was despite the efforts to try him as an adult, including a delinquency petition and a petition for adult verification, both of which were denied. Because he was tried as a juvenile, the details surrounding his case are not readily available or public. However, we do know some things which includes a peak into Lyon's school history with fights.

One appellet case reveals that Lyon's mother legally went after a school official when he attempted to prevent a fight that involved Lyon, his two sisters, and another student. The case accuses the school official of dislocating Lyon's arm while attempting to prevent the fight. This case was ultimately denied by the court due to there being a lack of willful or malicious wrong in the school officials actions. While Leon's case was being determined, Camille was also charged 6 months after the crash with charges surrounding her direct involvement by drag racing. During that 6-month period before her arrest,

Camille got pulled over and charged for driving on a revoked license. Her license was revoked due to her failing to address her three previous speeding charges. She then got another speeding ticket that listed her going 59 m an hour in a 35 mph zone, 24 mi over the speed limit. In that pullover, she stated she was going downhill as the reason she was traveling so fast. In October of 2021, she was issued an arrest warrant and faced two counts of thirdderee murder, two counts of criminal vehicular homicide, one count of criminal vehicular operation resulting in

great bodily harm, and one count of careless driving. The warrant she was issued revealed more details surrounding the incident, including a deeper look into postevent interviews and forensic research. The report detailed surveillance footage that shows the intersection they started the race at. Witness testimony shares that the two exchanged a conversation here pertaining to whose car could accelerate faster. After that alleged conversation, the two cars take off well ahead of the other vehicles surrounding them. Another surveillance camera captures the impact moments before. You can see just how long it takes for this uninvolved vehicle to enter

the right side of the frame and pass the area where the crash happens when Camille and Leon's vehicle zoom by moments later. It takes roughly half the time. A crash reconstruction report reveals data obtained by the airbag control module in Lyon's vehicle. The report indicated Leyon and his sister Camille, who was traveling alongside him, were going 114 mph just 5 seconds before the crash, 64 m over the posted 50 mph speed limit. Court documents also indicated Leyon and Camille were over three football fields away when Dalton and Taylor started to take the turn. They traveled

roughly 3/4 of a mile after taking off from the intersection before crashing. Her and her brother's vehicle were traveling between 93 and 106 mi an hour before Leyon's vehicle struck Dalton and Taylor. The day after her arrest on October 29th, 2021, Camille posted a $75,000 non-cash bond, which came with conditions that notably did not exclude her driving privileges, allowing her to drive despite the seriousness behind her case. 2 months after her release on bond, court records indicate she got in a car accident where she claimed another driver was at fault. She issued a small claims

case to the court for the other individual to pay a sum greater than $4,500. In the following year, she won this court case due to the other party not showing up. She was given yet another speeding ticket in May of 2022. This time, she was caught going 83 m an hour in a 60 mph zone, 23 mi over the speed limit. In this pullover, the ticket sites that Camille was unaware of the speed limit, cried, and explained to the officer that she had a bad experience with law enforcement before and was afraid of cops. State

records allegedly showed her car's registration was expired despite the stickers on her car displaying she was up to date. In January of 2023, 3 months shy of 2 years after the car crash, news reports indicate that Camille's brother Leyon plead guilty to two counts of thirdderee murder. He was sentenced to 25 years of prison that same month. Because inmates only have to serve 2/3 of their sentence before transferring to probation. This means he should be out of jail in 16 years and 8 months or in September of 2039 when he is 36 years old. However,

rules apply differently for juvenile cases. Here is an image posted on what appears to be Leon's Facebook page posted in September of 2023 where he seems to be under house arrest. He proudly holds what looks to be $1,000 in cash with a smile on his face. because Leyon was being tried as a juvenile, he was put on probation until the age of 21 with a stayed sentence of 25 years in prison. As long as Leon doesn't break probation by age 21, his sentence will be considered served. In mid 2024, Leyon turned 21 and successfully completed

his probation. His sentence for murdering Dalton and Taylor is considered served. His sister, who operated the other racing vehicle, Camille Dennis Bond, faced a slew of charges as an adult for her involvement, making her case information more readily available. Through court deliberations, Camille's defense team would not only argue that she was not at fault due to her not being in the vehicle that struck Taylor and Dalton, but would go as far as to say Dalton should have yielded before the turn and even suggested Dalton was at fault for the crash. In this section of the

video, we will cover the surprising court deliberations that brought the case to its conclusion. In court, several factors were brought to light through witness and expert testimonies. While there are some notable instances of witnesses ascribing the scene to being horrific and the worst thing they have ever experienced, some more frustrating revelations deemed that Camille and her brother Leyon were not only reckless with their actions, but continued to be reckless after bystanders had told them to slow down prior to the crash. Court testimony details that a bystander noticed descriptions of Camille's and Lyon's vehicles traveling at

a high rate of speed past her house in a residential neighborhood. This frustrated the witness as it was Easter Sunday and there were children outside. This witness noticed that the pair parked down the street from her residence, so she decided to walk down to the cars to tell them to slow down. This witness's testimony matched the descriptions of Camille, her passenger friend Lynn, and the description of the vehicles Camille and her brother were driving. after the neighbor had spoke to them directly about slowing down. She claims the cars then sped past her on the road

as she was walking back to her home, which was an inferred attempt at retaliation. This neighbor then tried calling 911 at 10:28 over their reckless behavior roughly 4 minutes before the crash happened. Unfortunately, it appears the call didn't connect, and the neighbor decided to let it go, seeing as she only had a partial license plate to work with. A couple days later, when she saw a news article involving the vehicles, she claims to have recognized the plate based off the partial she had, causing her to call the authorities to inform them of the racing activity

she saw the pair engaged in earlier that morning. If that wasn't jarring enough, the prosecuting attorney also called up Lynn, the passenger in Camille's car, and revealed Camille and Lyon's lack of remorse over the whole situation. Lynn claims that she was best friends with Camille, but ceased the relationship over the morality of the situation. Lynn supported the neighbor's claim that Camille and Lyon were not driving safe in the neighborhood and confirmed that the neighbor had spoken to both Camille and Leyon. She also shared that in the moments before the pair sped off at the intersection,

Camille and Leyon exchanged a conversation through their car windows over who could accelerate faster. Camille in past interrogations claimed that this was true, though she informed her brother not to go faster than 55 mph so that they wouldn't be pulled over. Lynn's testimony contradicted that claim, citing the pair never talked about speed limits. During her testimony, Lynn admitted she was scared during her 911 call because she had realized the car Camille was driving could have just as easily impacted Dalton and Taylor's vehicle. She shared that Camille was largely concerned about the damage to the car

and the condition of her siblings, but that nobody went to the red car, and that Camille was unreorseful. Lynn also detailed that at a time after the crash during a birthday party, Camille and Leyon, among other family members, held a conversation blaming the red car for the accident despite their excessive speeds. She further shares that the Bond family seemed to only care about their own family being injured and held no empathy or sadness for Dalton or Taylor's passing. Lynn also cited that she stopped being friends with Camille after the birthday party because she felt sad,

traumatized, and remorseful while Camille felt differently. Other witnesses appeared on the stand to share their opinions of Camille and Lyon's driving. One witness shared they told others after witnessing their speeds that they're going to kill somebody moments before the crash. Other witnesses added more claims to Camille's words on scene, including the better be dead or I'll find her and kill her and you stupid dumbass effing white Others sharing, "In all the years I've been driving, I've never seen anybody seen two cars drive like that before and that witnesses found it jarring." Camille didn't attempt to

help her injured sister, but was able to maintain threatening two fatal crash victims. The defense's argument that Dalton and Taylor's vehicle should have yielded brought frustrations to witnesses taking the stand. One individual having what appears to be a heated back and forth over the perceived ridiculousness of his argument. One professional opinion on the stand debunked the defense's right-of-way argument, citing that statutoily the right-of-way vehicle loses that claim if they are speeding, and in this case, the vehicles were estimated to be traveling over twice the speed limit. That same professional opinion cited data that showed if

the two vehicles were not drag racing and were traveling the speed limit, Dalton and Taylor would have easily cleared the intersection without contact. A jury court would unanimously convict her on all of her charges. In closing statements, prior to determining Camille's sentencing, countless contributions from the community shared how the case and particularly the loss of Dalton and Taylor impacted their lives. Taylor's father shared that he'll never forget the scream his wife, Taylor's mother, let out the day two police officers came to their home to inform them of their daughter's death. He shares that the sound

still haunts him to that day. Dalton's older brother, Dylan, a pastor, shared that if Camille's family remained blind to her guilt, that she would remain guilty on the day of her judgment and God would strike her down for the murderer that she is. Friends of the family shared frustrations with Lyon's light sentence, sharing that they hated the court system for giving him such an easy break. They also shared that rules do not apply to Camille and that she will kill again. They referenced Camille's lack of remorse, pointing out that Camille turned to her mom, laughing

and playing on her phone like it was any other day during breaks in court testimony. Documents revealed that the victim's family had just held a funeral the day prior for Dalton's grandfather. One cousin noted that the last photo they all took together as a family was that day. Veronica, Dalton's mom, pointed out frustrations with Camille's lack of remorse and her continued speeding infractions after the fact. Dalton's father, Jim, highlighted Camille and Leyon's previous school fights, along with their alleged fist fight that broke out when they got in an accident with another driver. He also cited

her claims of racial prejudice against her to be nothing of the sort when it came to Dalton and Taylor, sharing the pair had gone to Minneapolis in support of George Floyd, that Taylor had continually engaged in Native American culture and reservation programs, and that his son Dalton was involved in a mostly Mong and Hispanic car club. He also highlights an alleged social media conversation Camille had where she mentioned going drag racing again only 45 days after the crash. Jim also cited numerous individuals who shared stories of Dalton's acceptance and openness to other people. He also

mentioned that shortly after the incident, he and Veronica had discussed a hypothetical scenario. Their scenario involved Camille and Leon's mom, Crystal, coming to their house, apologizing, and begging for forgiveness. In this case, Jim claims Veronica would have gave her a hug, invited her into the house for coffee, and discussed the nightmare as mothers, one to another. They purposefully told the court to keep communications open between them and all individuals involved in case this scenario came to a reality. A year after the incident, once Jim and Veronica saw their hypothetical scenario would never come to existence,

they closed communication through the court system. In contrast, when Camille and Leon's mother, Crystal, took the stand, she denounced the notion that her children should be called murderers, citing a Webster's dictionary definition that mentioned premeditation, even though they were being tried for thirdderee murder. She also claimed she feared Camille was going to become the next George Floyd and said Veronica had quote verbally assaulted her for calling her a bad mother a year after the incident. When it came time for sentencing, the judge first cited his reasoning. He shared that in my 40 years of being

involved in the legal business in various aspects, I've never been involved in a case that's affected and impacted so many different people in so many different ways. He also pointed out frustrations that Leyon was tried as a juvenile and wouldn't spend a day in prison as long as he abides by his probation conditions. Before sharing the sentencing, he told Camille directly, "I think you're in deep denial about what exactly your role played in this event." For her thirdderee murder charges, she was sentenced with 150 months for one and 180 months for the other, which would

be served concurrently with her sentence for criminal vehicular operation, resulting in serious bodily harm, which amounted to 38 months. For the rest of her convictions, a sentence was not pronounced. Because all of her sentences run concurrently with each other, her total sentence is 180 months or 15 years. In Minnesota, inmates must serve 2/3 of their total sentence, making her eligible for probation after 10 years. She was also permitted 107 days of jail credit. Her court fees were waved, but she was ordered to pay Dalton's mother nearly $30,000 in restitution, which would be deducted from prison

wages and from pay she obtains while on probation. Using this information, having been sentenced in March of 2023, she will likely get out of prison at the tail end of the year in 2032 when she is 30 years old. After her sentencing, Camille submitted her case into the Court of Appeals to be retrieded. Her appellet case was effectively denied by the courts, sealing her sentence. While the records we obtained from the state pertained directly from Camille's involvement in the case, we were able to secure an interview with Dalton's mom, Veronica, to get more details surrounding

Lyon's case and exactly how and why he was let off the hook so easily after being convicted for double murder. Through those transcripts and through the body cam footage, it's it's wild to me that this case was not taken as seriously as it seems like it should have been. You know, we don't wish a family to go through this. I mean, in the beginning, we just sat sat back. I mean, we trusted we trusted those that we felt were looking out for Dalton and Taylor's best interest. The further we got along on the process, the

more holes I kept finding, attitudes, amount of of remorse, accountability, if that would have come into play, we would understand. We'd be better. But because it didn't and because these the way the laws are set up right now that these children are protected a double murder charge in the Dakota County, they'd never had one before. We were going to be the first juvenile case to go to trial because Leon was innocent. Camille was innocent. Dalton pulled out in front of them. I mean, you've read the transcripts. He turned 21 at that time. He's free and

clear. It's like it never happened. I bet you I did 75 open records requests. I fought hard and and not so much on Camille's situation. I mean, you know, cuz hers was adult. It was it was fighting the juvenile side. Strangely enough, they they did make four changes to their juvenile certification process. The juvenile side, you know, they say that this case will haunt them for the rest of their lives. You know, that Leon was not certified as an adult. I found out there are 87 counties in Minnesota and there are 87 ways to certify

a juvenile. County by county, not even Washington, Dakota, Scott, Carver, none of them go through the certification process for a juvenile the same way. The county that handled this case, Dakota County, certifies juveniles through a psychological and criminal record report, which then goes through an evaluation process involving multiple parties. To qualify for certification, the accused must be 14 years old. And in this case, Leyon was 17 and 9 months old at the time of the crash. Secondly, the crime needs to be a felony, and this case certainly qualifies as one of the worst felony charges

a person can obtain, and Leyon got two of them. In most cases where a juvenile who is 16 or older is being tried for particularly violent offenses like this case, there is a presumption of certification, which means the juvenile is assumed to be tried as an adult. that is unless they can specifically prove they would be rehabilitated through the juvenile system. This process for proof of rehabilitation in this case required a parole officer to organize a report referred to as a certification study. Additionally, a psychologist conducts a psychological evaluation. This report often includes the seriousness

of the crime, indications of mental health issues, their prior record, and their likelihood of rehabilitation in the juvenile system. These reports are then reviewed by the extended juvenile jurisdiction panel or the EJJ panel for short. In this case, the sevenperson panel then votes on if the accused should be tried as an adult or not. In Lyon's case, Veronica made a startling discovery through her own investigations. Leon was on probation at the time that he murdered Dalton and Taylor. His probation officer was the intake probation officer for the certification process. Leon was already on probation at

the time of the crash. Reports indicate this was likely due to his violent behavior in high school. What made this a troubling situation was the extended history the probation officer had with Lyon. These prior efforts to push for rehabilitation could influence the probation officer to unjustly suggest a favorable outcome for Lyon due to their personal attachment to the case. Unfortunately, it seems that's exactly what happened. His current probation officer was the one that supplied all the information to the seven panel EJJ members and she left out all of his high school history. She only went

up till 8th grade and that of course influenced that panel. Correct. Additionally, news reports indicate that the same probation officer was also one of the seven members on the EJJ panel to vote for or against Leyon's adult certification. And it was a four to three vote. comparison. Four said juvenile, three said adult. In this case, that probation officer was one of the votes to not certify Leon as an adult. So, one vote with him being 80 days shy of 18 with a history, you know, on probation for the third time, two of them being assault

charges. We just said that's a conflict of interest. And then they would come back and say, well, but the current PO is going to have the most history with that juvenile. Okay. But then that probation officer needs to give everybody the same information. The state forensic psychologist had everything had all of his history from all the way through high school. The seven member panel did not. So one of the changes that we that was made was all reports given have to be the same. You cannot pick and choose what members see what. The other one,

the intake parole officer cannot be the juvenile's current probation officer. Right. The third change was with restitution. The corrections department determined the amount of restitution. I had provided documentation showing cuz Dalton, 22, didn't have life insurance, student loans, had a car payment. Restitution was approved upon at $29,000 and some change. It was whatever I submitted. Well, we got the documentation from the juvenile side and it said, "Well, Leanna is only responsible to pay 8,500." And I went, "Why? It's 29,000 and some change. They're both equally guilty." I would have thought it just would have been

split in half. Dakota County Juvenile Corrections set their own dollar amount. Most counties would leave it up to the judge. He's been out. Camille's in jail. You know, she doesn't have as good of an opportunity to pay this restitution as Leon does. While they did change that, now it's no longer up to juvenile corrections. It is up to the judge. They got rid of the cap. They in essence had a cap of 8,500. The state forensic psychologist came back and said, "Yes, adult. There is not enough time to re rehabilitate him. There is not. He

he for the the severity of the crime, he cannot be rehabilitated." Or she didn't think. She submitted her report the day before the EJJ panel did. The EJJ panel knew that the state forensic psychologist had recommended adult. They never reconvened. They never got into a room, never came together and said, "Let's look at this now." Two people lost their lives. This isn't a vandalism. Two people were murdered. Harrison Dakota County Corrections does not like me. Does not. And I don't care. But um they came back to me time and time again. I have it in

writing. They were only required to do a summary. And I said, Dalton and Taylor deserved more than a summary. They lost their lives. You people need to fight for them and to make changes. So that is another change that Dakota County did make. Once they've pulled together the state forensic psych, they they reconvene as a team to discuss the results and why they came up with they with what they did. Now again, I don't know how I follow that. I don't know how I track it. You know, I they put it on a piece of

paper and they said, "These are our new policies." I did ask them also why they don't post that on their website. They said they're not required. Well, you know, maybe if they would have done some of the stuff, they wouldn't have had a me, you know, where I was a thorn in their side for months. Judge Carter, I mean, this was like the last thing he stamped on and he retired. And I get it. Even if the EJJ panel would have said adult and the state forensic psychologist said adult, Carter could have said juvenile, at

the end of the day, it is up to him. But you know, how could he have gone against two? He did not take into consideration anything that that state forensic psychologist did. He honestly, we think Harrison, he made his decision before he even got all all the details. That's how we feel. What other changes are you hoping that the state will be making? He did go down and spend 9 months in Redwing. Well, eight eight months. Redwing is the juvenile correctional facility that Leon was admitted to for rehabilitation. I ended up getting a hold of

Redwing, too. And I I said, I want to know what type of a program you have in Redwing to process or or rehabilitate a juvenile versus somebody that's down there for theft or, you know, anything that you would end up at Redwing for. And that is the only facility in the state of Minnesota for these juveniles that commit these higher crimes that if they were an adult, it would be a, you know, a prison sentence. Well, we we we really don't have a different program. And I said, so you're telling me Leon is down there

getting the same classes as somebody is down there for theft. They don't have any extra programs that they provided to Leon, the same counseling, everything. When I had gotten a hold of JSD and Hastings, I said, "What does Leon's day-to-day look like?" You know, he was taking CLA, he finally did get his his diploma, so because he was uh super senior, he hadn't graduated yet, but he was getting um religious classes. He was taking yoga classes. And I'm sitting here thinking, he murdered two people. He's over here in the Hastings GSD. He's getting yoga. I

mean, there has to be something above and beyond. juveniles are given a slip on the hand just because they're under the age of 18. That shouldn't give them a get out of jail free card. And in essence, it does. If there is a a situation where they can be rehabilitated, that's that's needs to be done. But each case needs to look be looked at. And when you're talking the murder of two people, you it can't be the same. When we met with Keith, he he agreed. He says, "No, harder programs need to be given, longer

probation." You know, he said, "Veronica, once this once this law gets passed, we're going to name it the Dalton Taylor law." 18. That can't be this magic number. He's an adult. I get it. At the time, he was 80 days shy of being 18. He was arrested that day, but then he was let go. Now, in Wisconsin, which of course is where we live, just across the river, 17, you're automatically an adult. Now, Minnesota is actually trying to raise it to 21. Wow. There were bills that went in this last time that none of them

went through, but the authors were one was Bobby Joe Champion, Camille's attorney, that said, you know, the the age needs to be raised to 21. The brain fully doesn't develop until you're 25. Then keep them in probation until they're 25. Don't let them off when they're 21. You know, extend it. Yeah, get it, but make them accountable, you know, and and going the opposite direction of what what we're fighting for. and I emailed those um editors of those laws. Not one of them got back in touch with me. Leon murdered two people and got basically

25 months. How can somebody that drives that recklessly end up getting the sentencing that he did? Taylor was like a daughter to us. So, we lost two and it's something that they're worth fighting for. Somebody was going to die. Somebody was going to die that morning on that road by their hands. You know, the last time we had court with Leon was right before his birthday. And the level of of entitlement from that family. You know, I was standing right there that could have given him an opportunity to say something to me, her an opportunity,

and they just now I I had some words with them as well. And they they weren't pleasant, but they were words that I had been wanting to say to them for quite some time. And Tiana, the twin sister, looks looks right at Crystal, the mom, and said, "Mom, she's nothing. Don't worry about it. She's nothing." And this is the twin sister they almost killed. And I just, you know, at that time, it was like, "Yep, you guys took two beautiful, innocent lives, and you could care less." If they would have taken ownership, fallen to their

knees that day, and apologized, and said, "Yep, this is what we were doing." I mean, we'd be in a better place. Honestly, not even sure if they would have done that. They might not have even seen a day in jail. I believe at this time we can turn a page and and not expect to hear anything. I hope and pray that Camille gets rehabilitated. The Bond family, I mean, those children have a history of anger. Even in high school, we had heard about it. I'm hoping and praying she can come out and and be a

better person and take the fact that she killed two people. She was found guilty, but she's she can still live her life. Veronica also took the time to speak about those who have helped her through the process. Harrison, the Burnsville Police Department are nothing short of amazing. They worked so hard on this case and they handd delivered the packet to the Dakota County Attorney's Office. It meant a lot. We had to have Dalton and Taylor's service at the high school. Over in the corner, out of my peripheral vision, you know, I saw four officers. They

came to Dalton and Taylor's service and they just said that they needed to see them in a different light. These are four complete strangers. They were first responders so they were there and that meant the world to us. You know, it just goes to show you what kind of people one of the EMTs, I mean, he broke down on the stand. He started to cry. I mean, you know, and young and he just, you know, the the tragedy of it all. He This is a very tough case. It's a tough case. It's okay. I know.

I'm with you. I'm sorry. It's okay. I'm okay. But um yeah, so you know, they're worth they're worth fighting for. Absolutely. There's a foundation called Street Racing Kills out of California. There had been an article out there. I've been in touch with her. Dalton and Taylor are now on that website. She did reach out to me and asked if I would be the overseer of Street Racing Kills up in this area. And I told her I'd be more than happy to just try to fight this because since Dalton and Taylor, there's been a lot more

um unfortunately that have lost their lives to just stupid recklessness. When you are of a sober mind, you know, not under any influence, and you make decisions like this, something's got to change. There's got to be some some legit awareness made out there that if you do this, this is what's going to happen. If there was a place that we could donate to or ask our viewers to donate to as well, would that be an organization you want to donate to or do you have a different one in mind? That's the one. Okay. Yeah. But

yeah, Street Racing Kills. It is a nonprofit. So yeah, any donations if anybody would want to do that, that would be absolutely fabulous. Taylor had um she was very active with the lock to flamboation. Yeah, that would be another one is is the lock to flambo cuz she was she was very passionate about that. So when you when you take two innocent lives, it shouldn't be too hard to get justice. It's just been a fight, you know, just and that's what I hope to that this video helps. I mean, the more awareness around cases like

this, the more hopefully there is a push for changes that to the law so that something like this doesn't happen again. It's got to I don't have any patience for aggressive drivers anymore. Veronica here shared that she had witnessed an aggressive driver on the road and called the police with license plate information. She then detailed that phone call. I said, "I would like a Prescotta just to go talk to her." So, I had told the dispatcher that Leon had been pulled over. He had gotten warnings, you know, and and been let go. And sometimes it's

just one person, one person that can go and have a conversation enough to to have them think twice about what they're doing. And, you know, of course, then she's like, "I'm so sorry for your loss." Well, then, of course, I start balling. I'm crying to a complete stranger on the phone. Um, but it's maybe if somebody would have talked to Leon, you know, and just said, you know, if you keep driving the way you're driving, you know, there's going to be consequences and maybe Dalton and Taylor would still be here. So, I mean, we can

what up, you know, what if ourselves forever for the rest of our lives. Any kind of awareness we can bring to this Harrison. Um, you know, like I said, I'm not done. I'm going to rattle cages until I, you know, my last breath. I don't know if you have children, but um you know, your children teach you things. I was very grateful to be his mom, you know, for for 22 years. I would have loved to have had him for another 66, but that was taken from us, and another family can't go through what we

went through.