NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — The Napa County District’s Attorney said it has charged a Napa woman with several felony counts for a Sunday morning crash that killed her two children.

Napa County District Attorney Allison Haley said Tuesday that Yesica Barajas, age 31, has been charged with two felony counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, a felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol and a drug causing injury; and two felony counts of child abuse in connection with an alleged DUI-related crash that caused the death of her two young children on the morning of March 16, 2025.

Officials said she hit a tree at high speed, killing her two children.

Barajas additionally faces allegations that the crimes encompassed serious felonies, great bodily injury, bodily injury to more than one victim, vulnerable victims, that she was in position of trust, and that the crimes constitute an increased level of seriousness from her prior crimes.

Barajas, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the crash, was administratively booked into the Napa County Department of Corrections. She is to be transported to jail upon her release from the hospital.

Napa County Deputy District Attorney Katie Susemihl is prosecuting the case against Barajas on behalf of the People and appeared in court Tuesday afternoon to request the court to set bail at $2 million.

Judge Elia Ortiz provisionally appointed a public defender to represent Barajas and set her bail amount to $1.5 million, to be revisited during Barajas’ next court appearance
scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Friday, March 21, in Department 1 of the Napa County Superior Court.