- ABC News
- April 19, 2016
Dash Cam Video Shows Stolen Car Chase Before Teenage Girls Drowned
Newly released police video sheds light on what may have happened moments before three teenage girls drowned in a St. Petersburg, Florida pond. The dash cam footage, released by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office on Monday, shows deputies in a car chase with the teenagers, aged 15 and 16, who were driving in a Honda Accord they had allegedly stolen. The chase ends in a marshy pond at the Royal Palm cemetery where all three girls drowned. "We are in the process of reviewing everything," the girls' lawyer, Will Anderson, told ABC News. He added that his team, led by Michelle Whitfield, has questions about law enforcement statements. “In my opinion, this has been a rush to judgment,” Anderson told ABC News affiliate WFTS. “In my opinion, this has been a smear campaign.” Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said deputies did everything by the book, even attempting to save the girls' lives after their car plunged into the pond. "I'm not going to stand by and let these people cast a false...