A woman has been accused of shooting and killing her Uber driver in Texas after mistakenly believing that she was being kidnapped and driven to Mexico against her will. 48-year-old Phoebe Copas has since been charged with murder in the death of 52-year-old Daniel Piedra Garcia. She is in jail in El Paso and is being held on a $1.5 million bond.

Police report that Copas, who resides in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, was visiting her boyfriend in El Paso. On June 16, Piedra was driving Copas to a location in the city’s southeast area when she saw a sign that read 'Juarez, Mexico.' Although El Paso is located next to Juarez on the U.S.-Mexico border, Copas mistakenly thought she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, prompting her to shoot Piedra in the back of the head with a handgun. The car struck a barrier before ultimately coming to a stop on U.S. 54 South.

Immediately after the shooting, Copas took a photo of Piedra, injured, and texted it to her boyfriend. Only afterward did she call the authorities.

Piedra was rushed to a hospital, where he died a few days later.

The affidavit states that Copas and Piedra were 'not in close proximity of a bridge, port of entry or other area with immediate access to travel into Mexico.' The El Paso Police Department also said in a statement, that '[t]he investigation does not support that a kidnapping took place or that Piedra was veering from Copas' destination.'