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Mother of one of six teens killed on Interstate 15 dies

Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2003 | 11:16 a.m.

A mother of one of the six teenagers killed three years ago in one of Las Vegas Valley's most high-profile fatal crashes was found dead in her apartment Sunday, authorities said.

Joetta "JoJo" Burke, 44, was the mother of Maleyna Stoltzfus, 15 who was run over by driver Jessica Williams in March 2000.

An autopsy on Burke's body to discover the cause of death is pending, Clark County coroner's office said. Stoltzfus was one of six teens picking up trash in the median along Interstate 15 when Williams drove her van into the group and killed them.

Williams admitted taking Ecstasy and smoking marijuana before the crash. She was convicted of driving with a prohibited substance in her blood.

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