Illegal immigrant to plead guilty again in drunken-driving crash

Eduardo Morales-Soriano, an illegal immigrant charged with killing a Marine and his date in a drunken-driving car crash on Thanksgiving Day 2006 in Columbia, will plead guilty to two counts of negligent manslaughter, his attorney said in Howard County Circuit Court this morning.

Morales-Soriano, 27, of Laurel, had a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit when his car hit the back of the car driven by Jennifer Bower, 24, according to police. Bower was stopped at a red light at the intersection at Routes 175 and 108 in Columbia. She and her passenger, Cpl. Brian Mathews, 21, were killed. Read more