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Lancaster woman killed in head-on crash with suspected DUI driver

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PALMDALE – A 29-year-old woman was killed Thursday evening in a head-on crash in Palmdale that involved a suspected drunk driver, authorities said.

It happened around 6:50 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, on 50th Street East, north of Avenue P.

A 2014 Jeep Wrangler driven by Mary Kruppe, 35, of Pearblossom was traveling southbound on 50th Street East at an unknown speed when she drove into the northbound lanes and collided head-on with a 2010 Mazda 3, killing the driver, according to Officer Jason Murawski of the California Highway Patrol.

The victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was identified as Jessica Ordaz of Lancaster, Murawski said.

Kruppe was transported to a hospital with moderate injuries, according to the CHP.

Alcohol was believed to have been a factor in the collision, Murawski said.

Mary Kruppe [Image via: Cafe Con Leche Radio]
UPDATE: Alleged DUI driver Mary Kruppe is a principal at Eastside Union School District’s Enterprise Elementary, according to the California Department of Education.

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137 comments for "Lancaster woman killed in head-on crash with suspected DUI driver"

  2. Laws need to change. I am tired of reading about drunk drivers taking the lives of innocent people. Almost every day I hear the AV about drunk drivers and people dying. When will this stop? Severe punishment for DUI now…

  3. Finally, Mary Kruppes arraignment is tomorrow Wednesday, Jan. 30. My family and I will be there.

  4. We all know only LASD and local scumbag prosecutors get to drink, text and drive. Kruppe joined the wrong profession. And, why no comment on Ordaz’ BAC?. She may also have been DUI, but that won’t make for a typical AV news story filled with hysterical, blood thirsty nut cases posting idiotic BS.

  5. Mary Kruppe is in jail… plenty of time to think about all the crap she’s done to her family and to Jessicas family.

    Mary Kruppe will never sleep in peace again. Forever remember those you hurt!!!

  6. My condolences to Jessica’s family. This is a tragic situation. One innocent life lost and another life ruined. I will be honest and say that I have made it home safely after a night of too many drinks. I thank God that I didn’t hurt anyone. Let this be a wake up call to all of us that if we are going to drink …. DO NOT DRIVE !!!! Uber is not that expensive

    • It’s so sad she was full of life my lil cousin is lost I hope she missing her kids like we miss my cousin atleast she can she hers again

      • Mary Kruppe is suffering, finally all the [removed] shes done to people it catching up with her.

        Sorry for you loss.

      • Mary completely ruined her life and those around her :(

        Noah, I am sorry your family lost someone so precious.

  7. How do we know that she had only one drink and was texting while driving and texting was the actual cause of the collision? We don’t know, now do we? Common sense.

    • Hahaha hysterical.. drinking, drinking and texting… a lot worse!!

      She’s guilty whether it was one drink two three drinks, texting or no texting.. she killed someone.

      • I was just passed by 5 different people on the freeway, all staring at cellphones for one reason or another. Should we arrest them for conspiracy to commit vehicular homicide? Hysteria.

        • Should we wait and see if one of them kills somebody before we do anything? Not that I have a really simple “something to do,” but, seriously, does anyone want to say “yeah, lots of cars are running on minimal guidance, that’s just the breaks.”?

    • We don’t, but presumably law enforcement does. They have access to blood alcohol measurements, and have taken that into account in the charges filed. They also have access to phone records that will show whether she was sending or receiving texts at the time and have the opportunity to factor that into the charges as well.

    • Huh, common sense will be not to drink and drive, and text maybe and then kill someone but…. that’s just me Hysterical People of AV

    • I would like to know your I.Q. and would take a guess it really low she was almost 2 times the legal limit Gueiness that’s the problem with people sticking your nose in stuff you dont know about then comment go get a job it’s a better way to occupy your time…

  8. There are way too many angry comments here on a DUI that resulted in a death of an innocent driver. Political bumper stickers and alleged work affairs have nothing to do with the actual crime of driving drunk. Calling the drunk driver a murderer is just ignorant. This story is a tragic one, but that is why there is a court process to deal with the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol.

    • Agreed.

      I personally think it is unfortunate that “the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol” seem to vary so widely. Someone gets in a wreck and an innocent person dies, the next morning people are calling them a murderer and screaming for their scalp. They make it home, by sheer luck, and the next morning people are offering them coffee and laughing with them over their “adventure.”

    • Let someone kill your cousin who was nothing but nice just got a big promotion had a so many thing going for her to lose who life by some loser alcoholic with priors all most of these comments are completely inaccurate she was almost 2 x the legal just dropped a guy off the she was having a affair with after they had drinks after school on a Thursday I’m not going to belittle myself and and use nasty words but come on dont comment if you dont know

      • 2 times the legal and dropped off a guy she was having a fair? So both losers were drinking and driving… Drunk kruppe admitted to dropping that guy and drinking with him… thats enough evidence. Its confession right.

  9. To : The Ordaz Family

    From : A California Lawyer

    I am so sorry for your loss. The more time passes the better you will be able to cope with this tragedy. I wanted to offer some information from someone (me) who has no sympathy for people who drink alcohol and injure/kill others. You probably have already retained an attorney but if you haven’t do so ASAP.

    Although Mary was charged with murder she will not be convicted of murder because she did not intend to kill. In California when someone kills a person unintentionally criminal penalties are a lot less severe. Although she voluntarily drank and voluntarily got in her car and drove her attorney will easily convince the judge that this killing although reckless, was unintentional. The charge of murder will be reduced to “DUI Vehicular Manslaughter”. This charge can either be entered as a misdemeanor or a felony. Point being, don’t be surprised if Mary only serves a few weeks in jail. And don’t be surprised when the DMV reinstates her drivers license. Yes, even when people kill others while driving intoxicated the DMV reinstates drivers licenses. I highly recommend you sending a certified letter and a copy of the CHP report to the DMV’s Driver Safety Office located in Van Nuys, CA. This office has the final authority to revoke, suspend and reinstate driver licenses. CHP has already sent their report to them but if you send one it will also go into her file. On the letter explain how this affected your family, notorize it and most importantly place the following message in bold on the letter: DO NOT REISSUE A DRIVERS LICENSE TO MARY KRUPPE. DOING SO WILL PLACE HERSELF, THE MOTORING PUBLIC AND PEDESTRIANS IN GREAT DANGER OF BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED AND/OR KILLED. It will be placed in her permanent file with DMV and that letter will make it harder for her to get her license back. If the DMV reissues the license and she hurts and/or kills someone else in the future the DMV can be held partially liable.

    And if you want to make Mary’s life even more difficult after she serves her time do the following: Make a lot of color copies of her picture that’s circulating on the internet right now so you can mail out to Mary’s current and future coworkers and current and future neighbors. If you don’t want to do the research yourself a private investigator can easily get the names and addresses of her current and future coworkers and her current and future neighbors. Then you can mail out the nice glossy picture of her (annonymously if you’d like) with a post it note on it saying something like “You may or may not care about this but I simply wanted to inform you that on 11/15/18 your coworker (or neighbor if you are sending it to her neighbor) Mary Kruppe killed an innocent motorist while driving intoxicated. She was convicted on */*/* at the ********* courthouse (case #******).

    Even-though this was an accident there’s times when the overly used words “I’m sorry” just doesn’t cut it. This is one of those times. So Mary, if you are thinking of uttering those words to the family don’t even go there. Just move out of this state after you do your time.

    Good luck Ordaz family!

    *My apologies for the grammatical errors…I wrote this on the go and short on time.

    • A lawyer telling the family of a victim killed by a drunk driver, that after she serves her time, and completes her court orders, etc., that they should harass her ad infinitum. Giving permission to this family to take matters into their own hands, to extract that extra pound of flesh. As citizens, we are not allowed to take matters into our own hands, because then that becomes revenge. This is why we have a judicial system. Yes, I know what it is like to lose a loved one by the hands of another.

      • Except, this isn’t Mary’s 1st DUI. So, clearly the punishment was severe enough and she hasn’t learned her lesson. If she had Jessica would still be alive and her family could be planning their thanksgiving celebration instead of her funeral.

      • Alexis – that is NOT “harassment” – LOL. It’s perfectly legal to notify others that you live near or work with a convicted felon which is what she will be – A CONVICTED FELON. I would LOVE to know if I work or live near a convicted felon! It’s similar to when people register as a sex offender – letters go out to those around them as a warning. Your just one of those very overly sensitive people who believe that whatever judicial punishment is handed is enough and it’s NOT. Stop being so narrow-minded. I hate people like you who just because something doesn’t fall into their category of not being morally right they start whining and whining.

        Charles – Totally agree with you and I would definitely send out those photos with post it notes on them if I was a family member of the victim. Thank’s for the good tip on that. I will do that in the future if this occurs to someone I love :)

        • Jenny, it is not legal to harass people that have served their time. You go ahead and be a vigilante and see where that gets you. She is right when she says taking matter into your own hands is against the law. If you don’t want to respect our judicial system, then you will pay the consequences in your life. Sex offenders are a different matter, and you can look them up to see where they are, but you are not allowed to harass them either. I can see by your comment that you have anger issues, and your life is dictated by it.

        • Jenny- It is “harassment”. It is not perfectly legal to take matters into your own hands. She is NOT a sex offender, and that is a different matter. Your statement that judicial punishment is not enough reminds me of street justice mentality, and I want to know where you are. I am sure you do hate people like me that respect the law.

        • Jenny, The foundation of the American legal system rests on the “Rule of Law.” It has nothing to do with me being sensitive, morally right, or narrow-minded. You, Jenny are a vigilante that wants to take the law into your own hands. That is against the law, and it is your choice to choose whether you want to break the law or not.

        • Jenny, it’s also perfectly legal to make all sorts of similar accusations that aren’t actually true, if you word them properly. That, in fact, could be used against someone like yourself. It may be wise for anyone considering following your advice on how to be a busybody to examine that possible consequence.

        • Almost everyone is a convicted felon cause the laws that change in the 80 and there not much of a difference that makes a mistiminer into a felony. No you dont have to register and I would kmow I’ve been to prison I’m a multiple convicted felon i grew up at the age of 25 and pulled my head out of my ass and i bet i make more then most people especially you so dont judge convicted felons and it will be sad if they let her out her lil brother my uncle it will just effect more people I honestly don’t know how I would respond if I seen that loser but a innocent person will be in jail cause the system cant do its job all you people commenting on this first of all if you dont have a kid then you dont really know what love is, now with that in mind you see the person that took your child if it was a accident yeah I would forgive drinking and driving is no accident got a couple myself and man do I feel like a huge piece of [removed] I could have done this to someone but you know what I would plead guilty and take responsibility then me and my family would respect that woman for righting her wrong but back at you see the person that took your child that had everything going for her let me tell you what I would well no actually cant say but I’ll tell you this after a couple of days they would be begging my to end it for them and only good loving parents understand that statement a system that project rapist and child molestation ain’t no system at all

      • The bible says eye for a eye let the justice system fail cause justice will be served
        There is a dept that she has to pay and the cost is her life so I hope the courts do there job and Mary has attorneys that are actually trying to get her test out she was drunk she killed my cousin she was at the crash really but yet she has action oh no my cousin life was precious this will not go unanswered but my faith in the system is gone I’ve done lots of times I know how the system really works cops are the biggest game in La county the Da only cares about there conviction rates and if they think they will lose in the slightest bit they just give you a ple deal so everyone wins but the victims family so not coo our family does not function that way we protect ours

      • Open your eyes do you not see it all around there is no system it’s just a corporation taking our money selt belt tickets cross walk tickets riding your bike with out a helmet how is that protecting and serving they dont care about those people there just a ticket with some money the world is truly going to [removed]

        • Hi Noah, I am very sorry for your loss. Have faith, that woman will pay for her sins. She took an innocent life because she was driving drunk, carelessly broke families apart including hers and destroyed her own children and her husband. She does not care about no one, only she cared about her ow disgusting pleasures and happiness. I pray every day for your family and for justice.

    • Your a attorney REALLY cause when I got my first DUI thay had me sign a paper in order to take a deal that say very clearly if you hurt or kill anyone under the influence of anything you will be charged with murder your statement infuriates me that’s why she is and the system you work for is a joke

  10. When something like this happens, the entire country loses. Our cries for justice are twisted with the cries of the innocent. Instead of wondering what kind of sentence she’ll get, we, as Americans, should be asking why any of our bright and educated citizens would choose to do this.

    • Not bright enough. Stop looking for excuses. Education has nothing to do with it. Would you still try to find excuses if the Hispanic girl would have been the intoxicated one??!!! No, you would not.

      No sympathy, no excuses. Time in jail regardless of education, intelligence, skin color…

      Rest In Peace my dear Jessica.

    • Not bright at all. White privileged. This drunk driver will be out soon enough. But Jessica will still be gone! RIP

      • I bet you live a chance to leave your racist comments about “white privilege” . Keep your racist comments to yourself loser.

        • It’s true. Are you in denial about white privileged? Read about it. Don’t be so sentive about racism.. it’s out there. Talk about it…

          And, ‘she’ will be out soon enough.

      • Quit with the race card stupid ignorant bitch. There is no white privilege. Im Mexican but my girl is white and she gets pulled over, ticketed and even got treated like a piece of trash by cops. Before. She has even got her license suspended for stupid reasons that has nothing to do with driving. Point is I’m tired of hearing that shit. Quit putting race in shit. W3 are all one race…. Human. It doesn’t matter their color what matters Is one beautiful girl is gone and one stupid girl is to blame. It’s tragic and sad that it happen. Rip to the young girl and I’m sorry for the families

        • Oh so now we blamed the cops for your daughter’s stupidity??! Hell no!!! If she was pulled over and allegedly trashed by the cops as you said its probably because your little girl did something wrong.

          Deal with the consequences.

          Do not blame cops…have respect for authority JOSE!

          • It’s not my daughter [removed] it’s my girl. As I said. She got trashed talked because her car fit the description of a stolen car but it was not and she was let go. Her license was suspended because she got a seatbelt ticket for her passenger and could not pay it. Because it went to collections and bumped up to 300 on top of the 1000 and they suspended her license. So like I said stupid. It has nothing to do with how she drives. The whole point is she doesn’t have white privilege she gets tickets and. Has to deal with the fines and the [removed] that drunk and drove was stupid an it had nothing to do with her race and that was my point no it all.

        • Jose, your white girl brain washed you fool!! You ain’t white, you Mexican. White privileged is out there.. talk to you Mexican Friends, the will remind you…

  11. THE DRUNK DRIVER HAD TRUMP PENCE STICKERS ON HER CAR ALSO SHE SUPPORTED CHILD MOLESTER ROY MOORE

  12. I’m y prayers to Jessica’s family.
    keep in your heart all the good memories and be certain that God chooses the clean of heart to leave young.

    My Prayer also to the Kruppe Family. For strength on everything to come.

  13. What a senseless tragedy. My heart goes out to her family and friends. Throw the book at the DUI driver. There is simply no excuse for driving drunk, idiot alcoholics.

    • Thank you and yeah uber lift a taxi [removed] call the police they’ll get you home drinking need to be out banned its truly the worst drug and availability is EVERYWHERE that who should start being help and we cant wait to find the bar that they left from cause they have a part in this as well

    • yea throw the book at that mary kruppe for driving drunk killing a woman. she ruined her life and those around her. no need to drive drunk. call an uber idiot alcoholics.

  15. same dam principle that hires drunk ass campus supervisors and don’t hire the good ones that are there all day

  16. No sympathy for this drunk that killed an innocent live.she made a choice she should suffer the consequenses.stop defending this selfish drunk.

    • Agreed, though the people calling her a “murderer” are exaggerating also, which doesn’t help. She should be convicted of manslaughter and do serious time.

      The huge problem we face as a society is that probably half of the people who are rightfully demanding harsh retribution in this case have someone in their own lives who is making the exact same bad decisions that Mary Kruppe made, but because they have thus far been lucky every time and made it to wherever they are going there is nothing being done about them.

      If you are on here calling for a scalp, look around at your neighbors, your coworkers, your family…maybe even yourself. Where are decisions being made that put lives at risk? Drinking? Texting? Road raging? Why aren’t you as interested in stopping them beforehand as you are in punishing them after they go badly?

      • She is a murder. She made the decision to drive drunk knowing full well that those actions could possibly result in the injury or death of another. She had absolutely no regard for the safety of others. This is not her 1st DUI.
        This was not an accident. Mary chose this for Jessica and her family they had absolutely no say in the matter.

  17. First of all if there was ALCOHOL involved and this isn’t the first for the accused, Mary Kruppe you will have plenty of time to curse yourself for being so stupid. You Mary have taken my little cousin away all because you were selfish. My cousin Jessica was a HARD WORKER who loved her job, had a family who worshipped her, a loving boyfriend and now a young women (my cousin) with EVERYTHING going for herself GONE because of you. Mary Kruppe YOU will NOT get away with your CARELESS action, NOT only will you PAY for this action you too will also SUFFER long and hard for years to come. God will see my family through this and prevail in the end.

    I love you Prima

  18. My deepest condolences to the Ordaz family. May you find comfort in God, and in the arms of your family and friends during this difficult time. May Jessicas soul Rest In Peace.
    What people fail to understand, and remember, is that there are two families mourning the loss of Jessica, not just one. The woman who was arrested for drunk driving is somebody’s daughter, and possibly someone’s mom. She made the mistake, not her family.

  19. So true, she uses different names, and has moved around, and now California gets her, I feel for the family who lost a daughter sister and girlfriend, and right before the holidays, I will keep Jessica’s family in my prayers

  20. My deepest condolences to Jessica’s Family. Losing a child is a deep sadness and pain that you cannot describe or understand unless it happens to you. Mary Kruppe deserves zero sympathy. I’m sick of people making excuses saying everyone makes mistakes. Everyone DOES NOT drink and drive. She made that choice pure selfishness. Only God knows why Jessica was taken and I’m so sorry for her family. DEAR AV TIMES THE PHOTO SHOULD BE OF JESSICA NOT CREEPY KRUPPE. Please publicize the victim’s photo not the @$$hole that did this.

  21. Shut up,Trump has nothing to do with this and how you know she’s supports trump. Just hope that Justice is served she has a family also. Yes she was wrong for drinking and driving and yes u feel bad for the young girls family.. but u are a dumb [removed] for getting trump involved he did not make the liquor and he did not put them in the places that they both we’re. She is probably heart broken and messed up for what she did no one knows what she’s going through..

  22. I keep hearing to look up her past, I recall there was another incident where there was another accident where her n another principal caused quite a stir but didn’t kill anyone fortunately. Unfortunately this wasn’t the case I certainly want to know who wanted to keep this hush hush and might I add the drinking with this other principal happened on school grounds parking lot. So yes let the investigationS begin.. I’m sorry for the Ordaz family my condolences to them.. justice for Jessica.

    • Wait, are you saying this woman was drinking on school property with another principal and the district knew about it? Who is the other principal?

      • her and Mr. Pinto had a thing that’s old news and the pics are old also. no one even knows if she was drinking they said might have played apart. there going to investigate this. its sad that someone lost there life but no one knows until all said and done. she could have been caring grocery’s and had liquor.. stop coming up with all your own crap.. East side school district has had a problem for a while they need to be investigation also.. RIP young lady.

        • You know what time it is prima if the system fail’s she will get hers either way most of these people are idiots let someone kill there cousin and see if they sing this tune they dont understand who was takin from us this will not be forgotten and surely not going unanswered and dept paid in full I hope she suffers in there I hope she thinks about her kids pain I hope her kids cry to her and I hope it kills her inside and for all of you reading this get offended then dont read it and go drive off a cliff her husband is a joke to supporting her after she has been cheating how your blood alcohol level could be so high after so shortly after school ended and all you people acting like a accident happened you guys are all stupid and hit in the face with a bat I could careless about her kids or family I hope they suffer as well love you prima Natasha Ordaz

        • B.a.l. was almost 2x the legal I would know it had a huge part she drop off the guy she was CHEATING on her husband with who is still supporting her left the bar hammered can’t wait till we find what bar that was they wont have a alcohol license once we are done

    • This disgusting individual was drunk at 7. How is that possible, she was at work until school was dismissed 3 or 4??! She drove home drunk. She was drinking with someone else; that other person also drove home under the influence. Sad how these people continue to make bad choices.

      My condolences to the Ordaz family.

      • When I was in the military we had muster very early in the morning. Drunk by seven and in bed by nine was pretty common practice. Serious drunks are not always the bar closing sort. A lot of the time they drink directly after work, hard fast and done.

      • Hey Prison Time, how is the view of life from your judgmental pedestal? Do the clouds from Heaven circling your divine head ever obscure your view? Have you ever noticed the way all the bars and restaurants are full in the afternoons? It’s called getting off work and going out before you have to be home to get ready for the next days round of sh!t sandwich.

        • Excuses again…Oh please, full bars and restaurants?!? oh poor me, I had a hard day at work, my boss is mean, oh poor me, I have to get ready for the next day… oh my coworker is mean to me…. grow up!

          Not all people going home are drinking and driving… Take responsibility. We all have it tough!
          STOP making excuses for drunk drivers.

          • Save it for someone else Mr. No Excuses. The majority of ALL car accisents involve sober drivers.

      • These 2 principals should be fired they have no business being round children . Then both cheating on there spouses wow on taxe payers $$$ sickass people

  23. Like it or not – MaryK will have to live with the results of a very unfavorable choice and this she will pay for the rest of her life and her family will have to pay too… its a terrible and overwhelming
    Loss for the Ordaz family however Jessica is in a much better place with God. Stop judging so you have an opportunity to reach heaven too!

  24. May Jessica rest in peace and may her family find some sort of comfort when justice prevails and hopefully it will. Principal or not, she killed a person. NO mercy.

  25. This is a tragedy for someone’s carelessness.. what in the hell does Trump have to do with it? Good grief when will the political nonsense stop.. ?

    • This is a tragedy you’re correct , nothing to do with trump but there is some idiots that will politicize tragedies like this one when the person at fault is not white. RIP to the family of this young lady.

    • Because trump is a cheater just like the drunk so sad some innocent person had there life taken for a couple of drunks after cheaters

  26. “Alleged DUI driver Mary Kruppe is a principal at Eastside Union School District’s Enterprise Elementary…”

    She won’t be a principal for long. Mary is looking at some time behind bars.

    • Hopefully the law takes care of it. Justice for Jessica. Mary Kruppe has to go to prison and take all those who were drinking and driving with down with her. The authorities will investigate, she has a history of making disgusting choices. No more!

    • Let’s hope she’s behind bars for a long time. She deserves life in prison for taking the life of Jessica.

      Bad choices. Now live with them.

      • So, does everyone who has made a similar choice also deserve life in prison, in your opinion?

        I did some drunk driving when I was a lot younger than I am now. I made that bad choice, but got lucky and never hurt anyone by it. I never even got a DUI. Should I get life in prison?

        I think if we apply that standard we’d have more people in prison than out. Would you be able to say that you never made a choice that risked the lives of others?

        • Tim Scott makes a good point (for once) What if she just drove home and nothing happened? does she deserve prison? when do we start blaming the alcohol?

        • Good for you. You were lucky. Hopefully, you realized that and no longer drink and drive. If you took a life while you were drinking and driving then yes, you deserve to go to jail for 15-life at the very least. Jessica’s life was taken by Mary K. There is no time off for good behavior for Jessica and her family.

      • Intractable dispositions that drink and drive, text while driving, driving while under the influence of a prescription drug, driving while using cold medicine (do not operate machinery), talking on the phone while driving. Every day I encounter distracted drivers, driving a potential weapon, oblivious to their self-centered intractable dispositions. I used to be one of them.

      • if ya’ll would read… it says she deserves life in prison for killing Jessica…. not for drinking and driving. Yes, you would deserve prison for killing someone. GTF over yourselves! We need new laws on the books for DUI cases. They get off way too easy, and keep on doing it. Slap on the wrist for killing someone is disgusting.

  28. I simply cannot believe this town. Everyday something happens that just completely blows my mind. I am moving. I know that I would not want someone with a drinking problem teaching my kids.

    • What does the district have to say about this? She will probably still have her job. She’s made too many bad choices and other people pay for her reckless selfish behavior. She is not a good person at all. They will probably cover up her mess again.

  29. This is an extremely terrible and sad event for EVERYONE that was involved, especially the Ordaz family. I send my sincerest condolences and prayers to Jessica’s family. My heart goes out to them. I pray that God sends Jessica to visit her family and friends in their dreams. Mrs. Kruppe is a dear, kind and loving individual. Please BELIEVE that she did not at all intend for this to happen. IF the headlines are true that alcohol was involved this is a reminder to all that we it’s critical we make good decisions because we will suffer consequences, and hard lessons when we fall short of making the right choice(s).

    • I feel your pain for your friend Mary Kruppe. But this is not the first time she DUI. Google her name and you will see that her mistakes continue to happen. It is unfortunate that this time she killed an innocent person. A 29-year-old girl who did not deserve this. This is about innocent Jesicca. Think about Jessica’s family. There are consequences for everything we do and this Mary Kruppe is a criminal whether she intended or not to cause harm. The minute you drink and drive, you are responsible.

      My condolences to Jessica’s family. Justice will be served.

      • Ericka, I can’t argue with you. I don’t know her well. My children attend the school. My HEART BREAKS for Jessica’s family. My point is that it’s a sad situation all the way around and she made a TERRIBLE choice that will now forever change the Ordaz family’s life.

        • I extend my sincerest condolences to the Ordaz family as well. This has made me very sad and mad at the same time. Justice will be served, and the greatest server of all JUSTICE is GOD! GOD will have the last say in the END! BELIEVE that! However, we should not judge and we should be kindhearted. I understand your frustrations and none of us are perfect.

          • Not judge her??!? She killed a 29 year old woman, she was drinking and driving… DUI!!!!!

            Perfect has nothing to do with it. No sympathy for Mary Kruppe. She made a choice.

      • NO! quote: “The minute you drink and drive, you are responsible” so its ok to produce a substance that causes us to kill each other and fill our prisons? If they were to stop making alcohol right now do you have any idea how many children would LIVE? And how many people would not die from alcohol related deaths??

        So I guess its ok that the CEOs of budweiser, coors and steel reserve sit in their mansions and get richer while we all kill each other while under the influence of their product.. Oh lets just blame the USER of the product.. ya that makes sense…. (sigh)

      • I definitely agree her mom cant even wrap her head around this, she is so heart broken because her daughter is no longer here , she is wondering how she is going to move forward without her best friend, her brothers her dad her whole family that loved her her wonderful boyfriend that can no longer hug her and tell how much he loves her. Please tell me how that’s ok she made a bad choice to drink and drive and she took a beautiful young woman from us and that’s not ok

      • Just so we’re putting the correct information out there Mary Kruppe did not have a previous DUI. My condolences to the Ordaz family.

        • Grateful you shared the TRUTH. Concerned says because I certainly was concerned by that comment about her past. This whole matter is OVERWHELMINGLY SAD… especially sad for the Ordaz family and sad for the students that will lose a good and decent principal. ☹️

          • crap says.. that was old as hell 2 years ago stupid get your fax straight. how u know they did not chill there for hours then drive home stop judging her.. RIP to the girl that lost her life.

    • Sorry but how can she not intend for something like this to happen when SHE made the decision to drive drunk and put her life first over innocent people on the rode. A young woman lost her life because of a drunk drivers decision to get behind the wheel.
      I have NO sympathy for Mary. My sympathy goes to Jessica and her family and loved ones. And also to the children of Mary.

      • I agree, no symphaty for Mary Kruppe. She made a choice. Just like last years choice to drink and drive with that other principal.

        • You mean Mr pinnto her married lover marys husband broke his arm but it didn’t stop them from cheating & drinking on school property

    • Please give Jessica’s family and friends the respect of not trying to extol the virtues of her killer. When you take another’s life because you make the choice to get behind the wheel of a car after drinking it is not an accident. We have all grown up with the consequences of drinking and driving drummed into us from an early age at school. She’s a school principal for crying out loud. What this woman had done has robbed a family of their daughter and sister. And it has robbed the world of an very good and positive person.

      • I agree with you, Athena. Mary Kruppe was driving home drunk at 6:50 took the life of Jessica. What huge loss. 29-year-old Jessica cannot start a life, marriage, children, have her own legacy. Her life taken away in a blink of an eye, and for what?

        Mary Kruppe made the choice to take the life of Jessica.

        Mary Kruppe is a murderer. I hope she suffers as much as our family is suffering. I hope she ends her days in prison. To those drinking and driving with her, to those drinking and driving at all… STOP BEFORE YOU BECOME MARY KRUPPE. You do have a choice, make the right choice.

  31. Mary Kruppe, 35 year old school principal, driving under the influence killed an innocent person. Drinking and driving… Let the investigations begin, justice will be served and she will go to prison. My condolences to Jessica’s family.

    • Why would you say that? Nothing in the story says anything about her political affiliations… You need to pull your head out of CNN lady…

      • Everything is about politics when you are mentally ill.. Late for work? Got hemorrhoids? Car problems? Must be them liberal right wing nutjobs!

          • No.. I was wrong to comment.. someone is dead and someone else’s life is over. Why did she drink and drive? She’s pretty and has a good job.. why? She couldn’t have just waited till she got home to drink?

          • You are correct, Some Guy in both your assessments. I PROMISE you I was not making light of what you said at all. I agree that we can’t point fingers at politics being the blame for poor decisions and the life-changing HURT and PAIN that people cause themselves and others. Politics are all fairy tale with money behind them. I agree with you she had so much going for her. I pray she course corrects, repents, does her time, and comes out a better person than when she went in. I assume she will serve time and will be released, as most DUI drivers and convicts are unfortunately. Personally, I like your response to the Trump comment because it’s not valid at all.

    • That has nothing to do with it but on that comment you must be one of those Indian liberals you probably go along and drink with Hillary

      R i p to Jessica and family

    • Ummm, she was an elementary school principal and educators are notoriously liberal. But thanks for playing, idiot.

    • And of course someone has to bring Trump into this. Politics have NOTHING to do with this. Jacky Lorraine a ignorant snowflake.

    • U r ignorant people are grieving the loss of family member and all u can think about is trump? Grow up idiot. Im grieving with this family prayers going out especially for the mother who lost her daughter senslessly