Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Murder In Fatal South County Crash

SANTA ANA, CA — A 44-year-old woman pleaded not guilty Monday to killing a woman in a fatal multi-vehicle crash in Aliso Viejo three years ago while allegedly driving with a suspended license.

Aishia Offray Deal was charged Friday with one count of murder in the April 5, 2023, crash that killed 51-year-old Rosalba Urquiza, according to court records. Deal, who was arrested Sunday, entered her plea in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana and was rescheduled to return to court April 14 for a pretrial hearing in Harbor Justice Court in Newport Beach.

Deal's bail was set at $1 million.

Deal was accused of driving while on a suspended driver's license for medical reasons, according to Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Urquiza's son and daughter have filed lawsuits against Deal and others alleging the victim was working for Personal Touch Cleaning and Maintenance Inc. when Deal's Porsche Macan compact luxury crossover SUV collided with the 2004 Honda Civic Urquiza was driving, pushing it into the intersection on Wolverine Way at Aliso Creek Road where it slammed into another vehicle.

The lawsuits allege Urquiza's vehicle collided with a Ford F250 truck driven by an employee of Rebel Off Road, an off-road specialty company.

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