Indiana Woman Charged With Federal Hate Crime in Bus Attack

Indiana Woman Charged With Federal Hate Crime in Bus Attack
Billie Davis. Bloomington Police Department via AP
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—A southern Indiana woman now faces a federal hate crime charge in addition to attempted murder in the stabbing of an Indiana University student of Chinese descent on a public bus.

Billie R. Davis, 56, of Bloomington, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Evansville Thursday on a charge of willfully causing injuries to the victim due to her race and national origin, the Justice Department said. Her lawyer said she’s mentally ill.