LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The family of Patricia Hoff and DUI victim advocates are sounding the alarm after DUI convict Steven Murray was approved for a residential housing program outside of prison.

The ordeal started on a warm, sunny July morning in 2008.

Hoff, 55 at that time, along with Porsche Hughes, 26, were waiting for a bus at Boulder Highway and Flamingo.

Steven Murray, a three-time previously-convicted DUI felon was headed to work as an electrician.

He was swerving from lane to lane, according to witnesses, moments before he slammed his red Dodge Ram truck into the bus stop shelter.

Hoff and Hughes had no where to hide or time to react.

"It was like Russian roulette, he didn't know who he was going to hit," said Robin Wynkoop, Patricia Hoff's daughter.

Hoff was pronounced dead a short time later.

Hughes lost both of her legs in the crash but survived.

Investigators would learn Murray was on a potent cocktail of painkillers when he crashed.

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Months later, a jury convicted Murray of DUI causing death or substantial bodily harm and he was the first to be convicted under Nevada's vehicular homicide law, which is considered a Class A felony, or the most serious under the law.

"The way the attorneys and everybody described it to me, it would be probably a good 40 years before he could step onto a Las Vegas sidewalk," said Wynkoop.

Murray was sentenced to between 10 years and life in prison with the possibility of parole.

It seemed like a distant point in time or so Wynkoop thought.

Murray went before the Nevada Parole Board on April 18, 2018, nearly 10 years after the deadly crash.

"You have repetitive criminal conduct, you continue to drink and drive," said one of the board members during the hearing.

The present parole board members gave Murray a chance to explain himself.

"I can't even imagine the fear they had to feel, to see me coming at them in my truck," said Murray.

"I can't even imagine the fear," he added.

Murray went on to address Hughes and Hoff's surviving family.

"I'd like my victim's Porsche, Robin and their families to know I express my deepest sympathy and compassion for what I did to them," said Murray.

"I know by saying 'sorry' will never be enough," said Murray.

According to a case worker, Murray had completed a number of courses while behind bars, and was unable to enter treatment programs for addiction due to the classification of crime he was serving time under.

The parole board decided Murray deserved parole on the violent vehicular homicide charge, which then cleared him to begin serving his next sentence, DUI resulting in death.

That crime is considered "non-violent" according to Nevada law.

The non-violent crime also makes him eligible for release from prison into a residential treatment program much sooner than Wynkoop knew or realized.

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"I got this letter less than 2 years ago that he was going to be moved from [prison in] Indian Springs to Casa Grande [transitional housing program] and I said that doesn't make sense, how does this happen?" said Wynkoop.

According to a letter from the Department of Corrections Victim Services Unit to Wynkoop, Murray applied for and was accepted into the Casa Grande Transitional Housing program located in Las Vegas, which would allow him to work in the community and secure permanent housing in preparation to reenter society.

Wynkoop argues Murray's time spent behind bars was not enough, pointing to his past convictions.

"We brought this to Casa Grande's attention month ago, so they were already aware of it," said Wynkoop.

STOP DUI Nevada, a victim advocate group sent a letter to authorities which said in part:

"How does a class A felon, with four previous DUI convictions in Texas, served time in prison in that state for injuring a person and was convicted of vehicular homicide in Nevada, qualify for the Casa Grande program?"

"The Casa Grande program states its for nonviolent offenders, Steven Murray does not fit that definition."

Due to privacy restrictions, 13 Investigates could not obtain a timeline of where Murray has been housed.

13 Investigates has been able to confirm Murray is currently in the Department of Corrections custody at Three Lakes Conservation Camp in Indian Springs.

"Hopefully in the next legislative session, we hope to ask the legislature to pass a bill that would require second-degree murder charges be charged against anyone who causes a DUI death," said Sandy Heverly with STOP DUI Nevada.

Heverly says at best, Nevada DUI laws and their nonviolent designation are confusing for victims and their families, adding there is nothing non-violent about DUI deaths.

The Department of Corrections revealed the following, written details regarding the situation and Steven Murray: