Left: A selfie of Maecee Marie Lathers (Instagram). Inset: Maecee Marie Lathers (Miami-Dade Police). Right: The crash scene in downtown Miami reportedly caused by Lathers on August 10, 2024, resulting in the deaths of two individuals. (WTVJ/YouTube).
A recent ruling by a Florida court determined that an Instagram model, who is facing charges for a fatal crash that claimed the lives of two men, will not have her two iPads and iPhone returned to her as they are considered to be of evidentiary importance. Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County are currently working on gaining access to the phone’s password-protected content to investigate whether these devices might contain any crucial information regarding 24-year-old Maecee Lather’s whereabouts on the morning of August 10, 2024.
Reports from authorities suggest that Lathers was driving a Mercedes under the influence of “pink cocaine” at approximately 7 a.m. on that fateful day. Allegedly running a red light, she collided with a Suzuki, resulting in the tragic deaths of Abraham Molina and his friend Jesus Rubio. Additionally, Molina’s fiancee Juanita Hernandez sustained injuries during the incident as they were commuting to work. Following the crash, Lathers informed law enforcement officers that she was “from the future.” Notably, a third vehicle, a Range Rover, was also implicated in the collision.
Prosecutors want to keep her electronic devices in light of these substance-related allegations in her vehicular manslaughter case.
Bodycam video showed Lathers vomiting in the street after the crash, at one point screaming, and then telling officers “My name is Mercedes!”
In the video, the cops could then be heard saying that Lathers had acknowledged being on the ketamine-based party drug “tusi” or “2C,” otherwise known as “pink cocaine.”
“Awesome, amazing,” a male officer at the scene replied. “Are you on drugs?”
Authorities claim Lathers had no license, and accelerated “at 100%” from 57 mph to 78 mph when she caused the deadly crash.
Prosecutors previously sought and obtained pretrial detainment. The court saw Lathers as “extremely dangerous.” She remains in jail.
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