Family of suspect who refused to pay for a $35 MANICURE then dragged a salon worker across a Las Vegas parking lot make a tearful plea for her to turn herself in
- The mother and grandmother of Krystal Whipple, 21, made a tearful, on-camera plea for the suspect to turn herself in to authorities
- Whipple's family also make an emotional apology to the family of the victim
- Police are looking for Krystal Whipple following the incident around a mile and a half from the Las Vegas Strip
- Nhu Nguyen, 53, was hit by a stolen rental car outside Crystal Nails & Spa
- She was killed as Whipple tried to flee when their credit card was declined
- The security video shows the moment the manicurist is then thrown under the stolen black Camaro before being left for dead by the driver
The family of a driver caught on video of the hit-and-run death of a Las Vegas salon worker is making an emotional plea for her to turn herself into the authorities.
Sharon Whipple, the mother of 21-year-old suspect Krystal Whipple, sitting alongside Krystal's grandmother, tearfully called on her to come forward in an interview with ABC News airing on Good Morning America.
'You can't run baby, you cannot run' Sharon Whipple says directly to the camera. 'You have to come forward, baby.'
Krystal Whipple is suspected of hitting Nhu Nguyen, 53, in a stolen rental car outside Crystal Nails & Spa on December 29.
In the horrifying moment caught on video, the mom-of-three was dragged 50 feet across a Las Vegas parking lot and killed by the customer who refused to pay for a $35 manicure.
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Sharon Whipple (left) and Krystal Whipple's grandmother plead with the suspect in the deadly hit-and-run that left Nhu Nguyen dead
Mother-of-three Nhu Ngoc Quynh Nguyen, pictured left, was run over at the Las Vegas salon after chasing the customer Krystal Whipple, right, shown in the previously released mug shot
The search for 21-year-old Krystal Whipple following the incident around a mile and a half from the Las Vegas Strip entered its ninth day when mother and grandmother made their plea.
'I'm so sorry that you lost your mom, and I couldn't imagine how you feel,' Sharon Whipple says to the family of Nguyen. 'And I hope you find it in your heart to forgive my daughter and my family.'
'We're so sorry,' the visibly distressed grandmother adds.
'I don't know the laws and I don't care what it'll take, we'll get you a lawyer, we will fix this, just come home,' Krystal's mother pleaded in another part of the interview that aired on KTNV News. 'Nobody's mad, it's gonna be ok.'
'Our mom was really loved by the community here,' Anne Trinh, the eldest of Nguyen's three daughters, had told 'Good Morning America' on Saturday. 'It's very traumatizing.'
Her family said she had been working 12 to 14-hour days to send her daughters, aged 20, 25, and 28, to college.
Anne Trinh, 28, in the center flanked by her younger sisters, speaks about the loss of their mother, Nhu Nguyen
As part of their manhunt, cops released a booking photo of Whipple from an arrest in April and security footage of the moment the customer left the store after her card was declined.
In the video a woman can be seen heading to the car after telling salon workers she would come back to pay another way.
But when they spotted her beginning to drive away Nguyen and her partner Sonny Chung ran out to stop the customer.
Nguyen, of Garden Grove, California, is seen jumping in front of the car as Chung clings to the back of the vehicle and the customer speeds away.
The manicurist is then thrown under the stolen black Camaro and dragged 50 feet along the parking lot before being left for dead by the driver.
Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Ray Spencer said: 'Please take a close look at this photo. It is important we get this suspect into custody as the victim's family and this community deserve to have her answer for this horrible crime.'
Las Vegas police released storefront security video footage of the Saturday afternoon incident along with a plea for information on the whereabouts of the suspect, Krystal Whipple
The woman can be seen getting into the stolen car after her card was declined. She had told salon workers she would come back to pay another way but fled
Nhu Nguyen and her partner Sonny Chung can be seen chasing the customer in the footage released by cops as the customer drives off without paying for her $35 manicure
The video then shows Nguyen, 51, of Garden Grove, California, jumping in front of a black sedan before being dragged beneath the car as it speeds away and her husband runs behind
Speaking to The Las Vegas Review Journal Sonny said: 'My wife ran out and tried to stop her, and then she rolled forward.
'She kept pushing the gas, and my wife fell off, and she kept pushing more, and she dragged her from here to over there.
'I tried to hold the car back, but I'm not Superman. She ran off for $35 and killed my wife - $35 to run my wife over.'
The rental car is understood to have been stolen around three weeks before the killing.
The authorities found it abandoned and unoccupied at a nearby apartment complex on the same night of Nguyen's death.
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Police would not say how they identified Whipple as a suspect in Nguyen's death, The Las Vegas Review Journal reports.
But the booking photo stems from her arrest over several warrants, including failure to show up to court on several traffic-related citations.
Whipple pleaded guilty to attempting to possess a stolen vehicle after a second warrant was issued in a 2016 case.
She received probation in the stolen vehicle case, according to Clark County court records.
A warrant for her arrest was issued by a judge after she failed to make payments in the case and did not show up to court for a status check.
The court records show she was arrested on the warrant and she was sentenced to four months in the Clark County Detention Center after her probation was revoked.
Mother-of-three Nhu Ngoc Quynh Nguyen pictured with her partner Sonny Chung, left
Her family said Nhu Ngoc Quynh Nguyen had been working to send her daughters to college
Nguyen's family came to the salon on Sunday morning, placing flowers, candles, and a framed photo of her in the front. A sign on the door said the salon will be closed 'until further notice'
The incident happened at Crystal Nails & Spa (pictured) around a mile and a half from the Las Vegas Strip after a customer tried to escape without paying for her $35 manicure
On a fundraising page, Ms Nguyen's family paid tribute to saying: 'We miss her very much and will always hold her dear in our hearts and memories.
'She would never buy anything for herself. Any gifts that she received would be passed to her daughters, rather than keeping it for herself.
'She never asked for anything in return, besides more grandchildren. Every penny that she had accumulated always go towards her family.'
She was rushed to University Medical Center but could not be saved and the Clark County Coroner's Office said the cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries.
