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Daily Mail
07-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Uber-driving mom-of-four begs for life before her passenger shoots her dead
Horrifying dashcam footage has captured the final moments of a female Uber driver pleading for her life at gunpoint before being fatally shot by her passenger. Calvin Crew, 25, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday following the 2022 murder of mom-of-four Christi Spicuzza, 38, outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Footage of the terrifying encounter begins with Spicuzza driving Crew, then 22, who was wearing a light-colored hoodie and a black mask covering all but his eyes. Minutes into the ride, Crew grabbed Spicuzza's shoulder from the backseat and pressed a black handgun to the back of her head, demanding she 'keep driving'. She gasped: 'You've got to be joking,' but Crew grabbed her ponytail and chillingly told her: 'This is a gun. Keep driving.' Spicuzza then told him: 'No it's not. Come on, I have a family, what are you doing? Please stop.' But the attacker calmly replied: 'Drive. Drive the car, miss,' keeping the gun trained on her head. What happened next remains unseen, but the ride ended with Spicuzza's brutal execution. Crew, an ex-con who was released on a firearms charge just days before Spicuzza's murder, used his girlfriend Tanaya Mullen's phone to order the Uber to 139 Brinton Avenue in Pitcairn at 9.14pm on February 11, 2022. During the trip, Crew reportedly received a message from Mullen reading: 'I'm not going to jail if we get caught.' Spicuzza's body was found the day after the Uber incident with a single gunshot wound to the back of her head in a wooded area near the 500 block of Rosecrest Drive. Her fiance Brandon Marto reported her missing on February 11. The recovered dashcam was found just a tenth of a mile from where she picked up Crew. Crew was eventually convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery. Although prosecutors sought the death penalty, Spicuzza's family asked that he be spared and the murderer was sentenced to life, with an additional 13 to 26 years for kidnapping and robbery charges. Spicuzza's mother Cindy said: 'You should have the death penalty but we showed mercy. You executed her. No mercy, no remorse. It was abhorrent. It was murder.'
Daily Mail
06-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Pennsylvania mom-of-four Uber driver filmed pleading for her life as evil passenger prepared to execute her
Horrifying dashcam footage captured the final moments of Pennsylvania Uber driver and mother-of-four as she pleaded for her life at gunpoint before being fatally shot by a passenger. Calvin Crew, 25, was sentenced on Monday to life in prison without parole for the 2022 murder of Christi Spicuzza, 38, outside Pittsburgh. Footage of the terrifying encounter begins with Spicuzza driving Crew, then 22, who is shown wearing a light-colored hoodie and a black mask covering all but his eyes. Minutes into the ride, the video shows Crew grabbing Spicuzza's shoulder from the backseat and pressing a black handgun to the back of her head, demanding she 'keep driving.' 'You've got to be joking,' she says in disbelief. As Crew grips her ponytail and tightens his hold, he says: 'This is a gun. Keep driving.' 'No it's not. Come on, I have a family, what are you doing? Please stop,' Spicuzza begs while flinching. 'Drive. Drive the car, miss,' he says, tugging her hair and pressing the gun to her neck. 'Why are you doing this?' she pleads. 'Drive the car,' Crew insists. When she asks, 'To where?' he replies, 'Complete the trip.' 'I'm begging you,' Spicuzza says. 'I have four kids, what are you doing?' 'Complete it,' he repeats. Spicuzza, now crying silently, continues driving. Crew then reaches forward, still holding the weapon to her neck, and snatches her phone from the dashboard. 'No,' she pleads as he places it in the backseat. 'Keep driving. If you drive safe everything will be alright,' Crew tells her. Seconds later, the video abruptly ends as Crew notices and removes the dashboard camera. What happened next remains unseen, but the ride ended with Spicuzza's brutal execution. Crew, an ex-con who was released on a firearms charge just days before Spicuzza's murder, used his girlfriend Tanaya Mullen's phone to order the Uber to 139 Brinton Avenue in Pitcairn around 9:14 pm on February 11, 2022. During the trip, Crew reportedly received a message from Mullen reading, '[I'm] not going to jail if we get caught,' according to court records. Spicuzza's body was found on February 12, 2022, with a single gunshot wound to the back of her head in a wooded area near the 500 block of Rosecrest Drive and a 9mm casing lay nearby. Her silver Nissan Sentra was found abandoned on Fourth Street in Pitcairn, her purse still inside and the dashboard camera missing. Her fiancé, Brandon Marto, reported her missing on February 11 and posted a desperate plea on Facebook, saying, 'She NEVER NEVER EVER would leave her purse in the car... She ALWAYS checks in with me every hour.' The recovered dashcam was found just a tenth of a mile from where she picked up Crew. Police retrieved video and audio from a mini SD in the camera, which recorded audio and video from the front and back of the car, court paperwork says. He had been convicted in February 2025 of first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery. Although prosecutors sought the death penalty, Spicuzza's family asked that he be spared and the murderer was sentenced to life, with an additional 13 to 26 years for kidnapping and robbery charges. 'You should have the death penalty but we showed mercy,' Spicuzza's mother, Cindy Spicuzza, said. 'You executed her. No mercy, no remorse. It was abhorrent. It was murder.' Crew was not in the courtroom for sentencing at his own request, and his defense attorney said his client maintains his innocence and plans to appeal, according to KDKA. 'No reason other than a coward. A coward who couldn't be here today to face this,' Marto said.
