LA - Uber Driver (& NOPD Financial Analyst) Yolanda Dillion Stabbed to Death By Passenger - New Orleans

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Uber rider fatally stabs New Orleans driver, authorities say

A New Orleans Police Department employee who was moonlighting as an Uber driver was stabbed to death by a passenger in what a sheriff said was a random act of deadly violence

abcnews.go.com

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• ...stabbed multiple times Thursday afternoon in her car in the parking lot of a hotel in neighboring Jefferson Parish.
• ...Brandon Jacobs, 29, of Harvey, admitted to the killing.
• “He stated that he woke up yesterday morning and decided he was going to kill someone,"

A New Orleans Police Department employee is stabbed to death while driving for Uber | CNN

A New Orleans Police Department employee who was driving for Uber in her time off was stabbed to death by a passenger on Thursday, and a suspect has been arrested, authorities said.

www.cnn.com

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Dillion was a financial budget analyst for the New Orleans Police Department, and worked as an Uber driver in her time off, Lopinto said. The police department’s fiscal unit is “taking it (Dillion’s killing) pretty hard,” ... “She will be dearly missed,”...

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Yolanda Dillion planned everything carefully in her life. At 54 years of age, she lived with and cared for her mother E., who is in her 80s and surviving cancer. Dillion, a breast cancer survivor herself, was a constant whirlwind of activity, participating actively in her church, working by day as a fiscal budget analyst with the NOPD, attending classes to get her PhD in sociology, and driving Uber during her “down” time to make extra money for Christmas gifts for family and children at her church, St. Paul the Apostle in New Orleans East.

Yolanda was an only child to her mom, E. Praying for peace and comfort for all who love Yolanda.
May she rest in eternal peace.

 

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New Orleans Uber driver, 54, is stabbed to death by passenger

Yolanda Dillon, 54, was dropping off a passenger at a Travelodge in Harvey on Thursday at around 3 p.m. Brandon Jacobs, 29, was staying at the hotel an ordered and Uber to target whomever showed up

www.dailymail.co.uk

• A man who police said 'woke up and decided to kill someone' brutally stabbed a Louisiana Uber driver Thursday as she was dropping him off at a hotel
• Yolanda Dillon, 54, was dropping off a passenger at a Travelodge in Harvey on Thursday afternoon at around 3 p.m.
• Brandon Jacobs, 29, was staying at the hotel and ordered an Uber with the intention of targeting whomever showed up, police said
• Sheriff Joseph LoPinto said that there was no motive except mindless violence: 'He woke up yesterday morning and decided he was going to kill someone'
• After stabbing Dillon, Jacobs then left the car and started to record video of Dillon suffering in the car and uploaded it to his Facebook account

 

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Oh my. That's just awful to read. RIP.

 

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
9 Dec 2022

Sheriff Joseph Lopinto announces the arrest of Brandon Jacobs, 29, of Harvey for a murder that occurred yesterday afternoon in Harvey. Jacobs was arrested within hours of the murder and has been charged with second-degree murder.

Just before 3:00 pm, deputies were called to a report of a stabbing in the parking lot of a hotel in the 2200 block of the Westbank Expy. Upon arrival, deputies located the victim inside a vehicle. She was suffering from multiple stab wounds. The victim was transported to an area hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
Our investigation has shown that the victim was an Uber driver providing a ride to Jacobs from a location in New Orleans to the hotel. When the ride ended, Jacobs stabbed her repeatedly before leaving the vehicle. Jacobs was later apprehended at the hotel.

After his arrest, Jacobs was interviewed by our investigators. He admitted to stabbing the victim at the end of the ride. He told detectives that he selected the victim at random because he wanted to kill someone.

The victim has been identified as Yolanda Dillion, a 54-year-old woman from Marrero.