Konawa Resident Sentenced For Involuntary Manslaughter In Indian Country Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma Date: 1 August 2024 Subjects: American Government , Crime

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kristy Renee Zapata-Gutierrez, age 35, of Konawa, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for one count of Involuntary Manslaughter in Indian Country.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the Seminole Nation Lighthorse Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

On October 31, 2023, Zapata-Gutierrez pleaded guilty to causing the death of another while driving under the influence and in an unsafe manner.  According to investigators, on the morning of March 19, 2023, while under the influence of amphetamine, methamphetamine, and clozapine, Zapata-Gutierrez pulled out onto State Highway 99 in front of oncoming traffic, causing a fatal collision.  Zapata-Gutierrez’s passenger died from multiple blunt force injuries.  The crime occurred in Seminole County, within the boundaries of the Seminole Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.  Zapata-Gutierrez will report to a designated Bureau of Prisons facility on August 29, 2024, to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorney Kevin Gross represented the United States.

Updated October 16, 2024

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