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Woman charged in alleged DUI wreck that killed her husband

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Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 | 6:41 p.m.

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A Boulder City woman is being held in the Clark County Detention Center Tuesday on charges of driving under the influence in a crash last week that killed her husband.

Melanie Moses Sisco, 36, is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in death, reckless driving, involuntary manslaughter and driving on the wrong side of the road, all felonies.

The crash occurred about 4:30 a.m. Aug. 26 while Sisco, who worked at the Hacienda, and her husband Terry Sisco, a Hacienda security guard, were on their way home from the casino. Terry Sisco, 34, died about two hours later at University Medical Center’s Trauma Unit, according to a police report.

Terry Sisco, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the Dodge truck when it ran off the road and rolled over as they were traveling north on U.S. 93 from the Hacienda, police said. Melanie Sisco, who was wearing a seat belt, was able to climb out of the truck and sustained minor injuries, police said.

She appeared in Boulder City Justice Court this afternoon, where Judge Victor Lee Miller set a cash bail of $23,500 on the charges. She is scheduled to appear again at 1 p.m. Sept. 15.

Melanie Sisco cried softly after Miller set the bail. She had been married to Terry Sisco for five years.

Melanie Sisco told police after the crash that Terry Sisco had come to the Hacienda to pick her up after her shift ended at 10 p.m. Aug. 25, the police report said. They both had a few drinks, she said, and they left the Hacienda in the Dodge truck, the report said.

She told police she could not remember who was driving or what happened during the crash, the report said, but she did recall undoing the seat belt in order to get out. Police allege that only the driver’s side seat belt had been used.

Services for Terry Sisco were scheduled for 6 p.m. Sept. 3 at Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his mother and stepfather, Linda and Charles McNeil of Henderson, and two stepchildren, Leola Moses and Frank Gammel.

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