Uber Passenger Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Murder of Driver Christina Spicuzza, Seen Begging for Her Life in Dashcam Footage (video)

Calvin Crew, 25, was sentenced on Monday to life without parole for the 2022 slaying of Christina Spicuzza.

Calvin Crew, 25, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2022 murder of Uber driver and mother of four, Christina Spicuzza, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The sentence also includes an additional 13 to 26 years for charges of kidnapping and robbery related to the incident.

Spicuzza, 38, was working as a rideshare driver when she picked up Crew around 9 p.m. on February 10, 2022. Shortly after the trip began, Crew, wearing a dark hoodie and mask, pulled a gun and held it to the back of Spicuzza’s head, an act captured by her dashboard camera.

Christina Spicuzza was murdered by Crew in 2022 while working as Uber Driver

“You’ve got to be joking,” Spicuzza initially said, before realizing the seriousness of the threat. As she pleaded for her life, repeatedly reminding Crew that she had four children, he responded coldly: “I got a family too. Now drive.” Despite her continued pleas to remove the gun, Crew ignored her and ordered her to keep driving. The dashcam footage ended when Crew noticed the camera and removed it from the dashboard.

Two days later, Spicuzza’s body was discovered in a wooded area in Monroeville with a single gunshot wound to the head. GPS tracking revealed that she had driven through multiple neighborhoods before her murder. Crew was arrested shortly after the discovery of her body and charged with criminal homicide, robbery, kidnapping, and tampering with evidence.

Crew is seen putting a gun to the back of Spicuzza head after he was picked up.

Surveillance footage and inconsistencies in Crew's account of his whereabouts undermined his defense. He claimed to have taken a bus home to Pitcairn after the ride, but no bus footage supported that claim. Police also located Spicuzza’s dashcam near the pickup location. Further evidence included a text message from Crew’s girlfriend, Tanaya Mullen, saying, “[I’m] not going to jail if we get caught,” suggesting premeditated involvement.

Crew did not appear at his sentencing hearing. Family members of the victim delivered emotional impact statements in his absence. Spicuzza’s mother, Cindy Spicuzza, told the court, “You should have the death penalty, but we showed mercy. You executed her. No mercy, no remorse. It was abhorrent. It was murder.”

Spicuzza begged Crew to remove the gun from her head multiple times.

Her fiancé, Brandon Marto, condemned Crew’s absence, calling him a coward. “Christy was everything for my family. I was lost, out of control. She saw something in me,” Marto said, before adding that he hoped Crew would “rot and burn in prison.”

Despite the brutality of the crime, Spicuzza’s family requested that the court not seek the death penalty. Prosecutors agreed before the trial began and chose not to pursue capital punishment.

Crew’s defense team described his background as one marked by violence and neglect, and they announced plans to appeal the conviction, maintaining his innocence.

Video of the uber driver begging for her life