Man convicted in hit-and-run death of Mary Preciado, who was killed while working in her Mounds View yard

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Coon Rapids man was found guilty of murder in connection to the 2021 hit-and-run death of an 82-year-old woman, who was struck while working in her Mounds View yard.

Donald Harris, 63, was convicted Friday of third-degree murder, two counts of criminal vehicular homicide and a fifth-degree drug charge.

Mary Preciado was killed while doing yard work on May 25, 2021. A witness said she saw Harris's speeding SUV hit Preciado, and he didn't slow down after the impact.

Other witnesses then saw his damaged SUV swerve and drive against traffic before he struck a street sign and landed in a ditch

Harris's sentencing date has yet to be set.