As Marshella Chidester's trial date nears, a Monroe County judge ruled that her blood alcohol test results can be used in ...

Marshella Chidester crashed her vehicle into the Swan Boat Club in April 2024 while a children’s birthday party was going on inside. Chidester was found guilty on two counts of second-degree ...

A woman convicted in the deadly Swan Boat Club birthday party crash in Monroe County, Michigan, was sentenced to 25-50 years in prison on Thursday. Marshella Chidester, 67, was found guilty in ...

The Swan Boat Club did not immediately return the Free Press' request for comment Wednesday. Andrea Sahouri covers criminal justice for the Detroit Free Press. She can be contacted at 313-264-0442 ...

Law enforcement said Marshella Chidester had a blood alcohol level of 0.18 when she drove an SUV through a wall of the Swan Boat Club during a child's birthday party.

On April 20, 2024, Chidester allegedly crashed 25 feet into a building at the Swan Boat Club in Berlin Township, about 30 miles south of Detroit, according to Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough.

Marshella Chidester, the woman charged in the Swan Boat Club crash that killed two young children in Berlin Township in April, was bound over for trial on Thursday.

Marshella Chidester looks at photos of Alanah and Zayn Phillips, who were killed at the Swan Boat Club last April, during her trial at the Monroe County Courthouse in Monroe on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

Marshella Chidester will stand trial for multiple charges in the Swan Boat Club crash that killed two children and injured 15 others in April, following a preliminary hearing Thursday.

The trial date for the suspect accused of crashing into the Swan Boat Club in Monroe County last year, killing two children and injuring 15 others has been scheduled to begin in March. Marshella ...