A defendant about to stand trial in connection with a fatal wreck in 2024 instead pleaded guilty Monday before proceedings got underway.
Blake David Wampler, who was charged with intoxication manslaughter, entered his plea before 451st state District Judge Kirsten Cohoon just as jury selection was set to begin.
The jury pool was dismissed after Wampler entered a plea, waiving his right to a trial.
Wampler, 27 at the time and the son of former Kerrville Mayor David Wampler, was charged in 2024 after his Chevrolet Silverado pickup was involved in a head-on collision with Kimberly Fawn Brasher’s Toyota Prius a little after 10 p.m. in the 2600 block of FM 473 in Kendalia, prosecutors said.
Brasher, 55, an Arkansas resident and mother of two, died at the scene.
Friends said Brasher had been a yoga instructor and motocross racer. She worked as a nanny in California and taught in Dallas and Austin public schools.
She also directed a preschool.
Cohoon has set sentencing for July 30-31. Family and friends of both Wampler and Brasher are expected to speak.
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