A woman accused of helping a man flee California after he allegedly hit and killed two pedestrians in Santa Monica last month has been arrested and now faces felony charges.

Marshonda Lajune Whitaker, 42, has been charged with one felony count of accessory after the fact, and could face up to three years in prison.

Whitaker is accused of helping Alex Kirksey, 38, leave the state without arrest before he was ultimately located and taken into custody in Chicago earlier this week.

Kirksey has since been extradited back to Los Angeles County to face charges that include two felony counts of gross vehicular manslaughter in the deaths of 61-year-olds Brad Lipshy and Maura Cohen.

Lipshy and Cohen were hit on the evening of Oct. 24 in the 1300 block of Wilshire Boulevard. Around 9:15 p.m., San

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