ST. LOUIS — The man charged with killing a mother and daughter leaving a concert in downtown St. Louis is out on bond.
Monte Henderson, 22, was released Friday.
Henderson's bond was $200,000, but a judge allowed him to post 10% of that cash only.
Just 24 hours prior, Henderson was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of armed criminal action.
Chicagoan 42-year-old Laticha Bracero and her daughter 21-year-old Alyssa Cordova were in town for the Drake concert, which let out shortly before the women were struck while walking near Enterprise Center on North 18th and Olive streets.
Officers said Henderson was running red lights when he sideswiped the front end of another vehicle at North 18th and Olive streets. His Jeep rotated clockwise and hit Bracero and Cordova, who were walking on the crosswalk. The Jeep continued to move until it T-boned another vehicle.
According to court documents, data retrieved from the Jeep indicated that the car was traveling at speeds in excess of 70 mph prior to violating the red traffic signal.
Henderson's attorney shared this statement following the charges, "This is a very tragic accident, Monte is very upstanding young man; involved in academics and sports."
"He's going to be held accountable," St. Louis Police Chief Robert Tracy said at a St. Louis Business Journal event Thursday. "He destroyed families, killed two people."
The St. Louis Business Journal also reported Henderson had no criminal record.
In an interview prior to the charges, the victims' family spoke to 5 On Your Side.
Cousin Nicole Rivera said the duo loved music and going to concerts was 'their thing'.
She called the two, best friends.
She added, "If I'm being honest, the only way I can try to get through it is knowing that they were together because if either one of them made it, they wouldn't have survived without the other. We want them here more than anything but if we can't have that, of course, we want justice."
Rivera reached out to 5 On Your Side in reaction to the bond release with this statement:
“My family is not being allowed time to grieve and we haven't even figured out how to bring Lety and Alyssa home yet and we are at a loss as to how a man can take 2 lives and be out on bond 2 days later able to sit at home with his family. We have MANY questions and demand answers. The police department has failed to reach out to us and the states attorneys office has provided inaccurate information. This man should NOT have been able to go home after ONLY 2 days and he took 2 lives. We don't know if he had a driver's license, we don't know if he was under the influence, we don't know his criminal history, we don't know if he's a flight risk, we don't know if he had vehicle insurance. My family demands accountability from everyone everywhere. The driver, the police department, the states attorneys office, the venue, traffic control etc.”
Right now, the victims' family wants to bring the two women back to Chicago to have a proper memorial and a GoFundMe is set up to do so.
If you'd like to help, click on the link.