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   From: nobody@yamn.paranoici.org   
      
   An 80-year-old Northern California woman who is accused of killing a   
   family of four nearly two years ago while speeding the wrong way down a   
   street in San Francisco is likely to avoid any jail time, according to   
   multiple media reports.   
      
   The deadly March 16, 2024, crash, according to KTLA’s sister station   
   KRON, happened as a Mary Fong Lau was reportedly traveling 70 miles per   
   hour into oncoming traffic on Ulloa Street when she drove her Mercedes   
   SUV onto the sidewalk, struck a building and crashed into the family at   
   a Muni Metro Portal Station.   
      
   Diego Cardoso de Oliveira, 40, his wife Matilde Moncada Ramos Pinto, 38,   
   and their 1-year-old son Joaquin Ramos Pinto de Oliveira died the same   
   day. The couple’s 2-month-old died after four days in an intensive care   
   unit.   
      
   The family had been waiting at the Metro stop for a bus to take them to   
   the San Francisco Zoo.   
      
   In the aftermath of the tragic crash, Lau transferred millions of   
   dollars worth of real estate properties she owned into a new limited   
   liability company and sold off other properties to third parties,   
   including her son-in-law.   
      
   Relatives of the slain family claim Lau made the moves to avoid   
   potential financial penalties from a civil suit, the San Francisco   
   Chronicle reported.   
      
   On Feb. 13, Lau changed her plea from not guilty to no contest,   
   prompting San Francisco Superior Court Judge Bruce Chan to indicate he   
   would not sentence her to any prison time, despite describing the   
   incident as an incomprehensible loss of life.   
      
   Pleading no contest is not an admission of guilt. Instead, a defendant   
   who pleads no contest waives their right to a trial, allowing the judge   
   to sentence them as if they were guilty.   
      
   Judge Chan, according to The Chronicle, said that a jail sentence for   
   the 80-year-old would likely end with her dying in state prison and that   
   considering her lack of any criminal record and the remorse she showed   
   for the incident warranted a lesser sentence.   
      
   “Mrs. Lau is going to spend the rest of her days living with the   
   knowledge of the harm she has caused to others,” Chan said, saying her   
   sentence at the next hearing would like be probation of two to three   
   years during which time the 80-year-old would not be allowed to drive.   
      
   The assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting the case objected to Lau’s   
   no-contest plea, as well as objecting to the judge saying it was   
   unlikely that he would sentence her to home detention or any community   
   service requirements.   
      
   The adult victims’ parents filed a civil suit against Lau in July 2024,   
   while another was filed against her by relatives in May 2025.   
      
   Denise Oliveira, Diego’s sister, who was present at the hearing, also   
   addressed Judge Chan.   
      
   “It feels like we have no rights,” she said. I feel deeply disrespected   
   by this process. It doesn’t feel like justice.”   
      
   https://ktla.com/news/california/woman-80-accused-of-killing-family-of-4-   
   in-california/   
      
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