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The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a fatal car wreck after a woman crashed into a tree. However, her crash led police to find that prior to the wreck, she may have committed an egregious crime costing the lives of a young man and her own infant daughter.

Police said in the wee hours of Monday morning, 34-year-old Danielle Johnson got in an argument with 29-year-old Jaelen Chaney, a man who she lived with, and attacked him with a knife around 3:30 a.m. Chaney succumbed to his stab injuries on the scene. Neighbors called the police around 7:30 a.m to report the door of the home was left open. That’s when police found Chaney’s body and launched a homicide investigation.

Little did they know, Johnson already fled the scene in a dark-colored Porsche SUV with her 9-year-old and 8-month-old girls down Interstate 405 shortly after the stabbing.

Police said around 4:30 a.m., the SUV was located driving down the Freeway when the two children were “expelled” from the vehicle while it was moving. They were found alongside the highway near Howard Hughes Parkway. The 9-year-old girl sustained moderate injuries from the fall and was transferred to the hospital. However, the infant did not survive the incident after sustaining fatal injuries.

Driving 100 miles per hour, police said Johnson continued down the highway in her vehicle through Redondo Beach when she crashed into a tree.

Johnson was the only one in the car and did not survive the collision.

LAPD Homicide detectives, California Highway Patrol and Redondo Beach Police worked together to figure out the deceased driver was connected to the previous incidents involving the children and Mr. Chaney.

Anyone with additional information that may further aid in this investigation is asked to contact Operations Valley Bureau Homicide Detectives at (818) 374-9550.