Woman Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Police Pursuit
By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
October 5, 2025
MOBILE, Ala. A woman who engaged law enforcement in a pursuit before crashing her vehicle and causing the death of a teenager is now in the Mobile County Metro Jail, charged with manslaughter.
Semmes Police attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a driver who led them into the Mobile City jurisdiction before crashing into a light pole at the intersection of Howells Ferry Road and Schillinger Road at around 2:45 a.m.
Delyshia LeShaun Molette, 34, was not seriously injured but two teenagers who were also in the vehicle did receive threatening injuries, officials said. One of the children was pronounced deceased a short time later.
Semmes police said it had investigated a commercial property theft case at about 12:35 a.m. Monday, in which Molette allegedly threatened employees at a Publix store, at 2035 Schillinger Road North.
A responding Semmes police officer found the suspect walking on Silver Pine Road, but she fled on foot when the officer made contact with her, police said. The officer was able to catch up to her, and a struggle ensued — in which Molette was able to scratch the officer’s eyes and bit the officer on his finger causing minor injuries, police said.
She was able to get away from the officer and fled on foot into a nearby wooded area, police said.
Just after midnight Tuesday, Semmes officers learned she had left the residence in a white Infiniti SUV, police said. Officers saw the vehicle traveling south on Schillinger Road and attempted to initiate a traffic stop, police said
When she refused to stop, the pursuit began.
Semmes police disengaged the pursuit as the entered Mobile and soon afterwards, officers found the vehicle crashed.
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