Crash That Killed Winchester Teen Leads To Woman's Arrest

MORENO VALLEY, CA — The driver suspected of causing a May 26 crash that killed a 17-year-old Winchester boy in Moreno Valley has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department announced Thursday.

Shady Pillar Torres, 25, of Moreno Valley was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon and booked into Riverside's Robert Presley Detention Center. In addition to the murder charge, Torres was also booked on suspicion of child endangerment and committing a felony while out on bail in an unrelated case, according to jail records.

She is accused of killing Logan Edwards in the crash at Day Street and Bay Avenue. Deputies out of the Moreno Valley Sheriff's Station determined in a preliminary investigation that Torres ran through the intersection at a "high rate of speed" in a white 2014 Toyota Corolla and plowed into the driver's side of Edwards' silver 2012 Ford Edge, causing the boy's vehicle to smash into a fence.

Despite life-saving measures by first responders, the teen succumbed to his injuries at the crash scene.

Torres sustained moderate injuries and was hospitalized. She is due in court Friday, according to jail records.

A GoFundMe page set up for Edwards' mother had raised more than $17,000 as of Thursday after.

"Logan was a huge part of his mother's life. He was her baby," the page reads.

The page goes on to describe the teen as an ambitious goal-setter.

"Logan was very excited to start college in the fall of 2022 majoring in Engineering after he graduated from high school. Logan was in band and drumline at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside Ca. Logan was smart, funny, talented, easy-going, outspoken, and trustworthy. Logan is the most sincere person his friends knew. Logan was loved by everyone and touched more people's hearts than he will ever know," the page continued. "Logan was an inspiration to all who knew him."

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