POMPANO BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A woman who allegedly killed her friend in the driveway of her Coral Springs home is expected to post bond on Friday afternoon, and the victim’s family is having a hard time accepting the situation.
Yvonne Serrano, 51, has been charged with killing 21-year-old Daniela Tabares and will be released from jail on bond and transferred to a rehab facility in Deerfield Beach where she will stay throughout her trial.
Last week, the victim’s mother, Isabel Tabares, begged a judge not to grant Serrano’s bond request, but her plight didn’t end in her favor.
“I’m frustrated, disappointed but not defeated,” she said. “I’m going to keep fighting.”
Daniela’s friend, Carolina Miller, is also upset at the news Serrano will be transferred to a rehab facility.
“She don’t have any rights whatsoever,” Miller said. “That shouldn’t be a thing that we even have to talk about with these cops. She took Daniela’s life and left her in her driveway to bleed to death.”
Back in November, a group of gym buddies went out to end their night at the World of Beer in Coconut Creek.
Surveillance video shows the victim next to Serrano at the establishment.
According to police, Serrano drank heavily that night and was seen taking several shots.
Investigators said Daniela offered Serrano a ride home.
Detectives said Serrano shot Daniela in the forehead after the drop-off, killing her in the driveway outside her house, then deleted her own Ring camera video and washed her tank top.
Officers found Daniela’s body in the driveway of Serrano’s home.
Serrano claims she does not remember what happened that night.
Isabel spoke to 7News on Wednesday night about how difficult it has been since her daughter was killed.
“My world changed that moment when police told me my daughter had been killed,” she said. “I’m sitting here talking, but I feel dead, dead. She didn’t only kill my daughter, she killed me, too. She was my only daughter.”
Serrano’s second-degree murder charge has since been reduced to manslaughter, which is why she now has the option to post bond.
Once she posts the $20,000 bond, Serrano will be required to wear a GPS monitor while she is at the rehab facility.
She will only be allowed to leave for very strict and limited reasons, like meetings with her attorney.
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