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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:24 PM Dec 2015

FBI, U.S. Marshals join search for 'affluenza' teen [View all]

Source: USA Today

FORT WORTH — The U.S. Marshal's Service and the FBI have joined the search for the Texas teen whose attorneys used an "affluenza" defense at his trial, and his mother.

Couch was behind the wheel of his family's white pickup truck in June 2013 when it plowed into a group of good Samaritans trying to help a stranded driver. Nearly a dozen others were injured in the crash.

His “affluenza” defense — that he had grown up with a sense of entitlement and developed poor judgment after being coddled by his wealthy parents — and lack of jail time triggered an emotional reaction across the country.

Ethan and Tonya Couch disappeared sometime in early December, about the time a video hit Twitter appearing to show him laughing at a beer pong party. Terms of his probation forbid use of alcohol.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/12/18/fbi-marshals-join-search-affluenza-teen-ethan-couch/77543858/



Yep... With enabling parents like these, no wonder their little special snowflake is never in trouble...

When he gets caught, his parents should be going right into the joint with him...
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This kid is seriously screwed. christx30 Dec 2015 #1
He won't do well in prison bigworld Dec 2015 #2
I agree. christx30 Dec 2015 #4
You assume he's going to prison? atreides1 Dec 2015 #5
So what is that suppose to mean. Have you ever been in prison? YOHABLO Dec 2015 #8
I really can't say that I care what happens to him if he ever ends up in prison - 4 people are dead LiberalElite Dec 2015 #10
I agree. He has not learned that he cannot just do whatever he wants treestar Dec 2015 #19
This murderer needs to spend the rest of his life in jail. Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #3
Bet they went off the continent. 2naSalit Dec 2015 #6
the choices treestar Dec 2015 #20
That's a lot of options 2naSalit Dec 2015 #21
In another direction.... OneCrazyDiamond Dec 2015 #7
They were saying last night on HNN the house they lived in was empty. OnlinePoker Dec 2015 #9
Tips coming in for Texas affluenza teen who may have left country: sheriff Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #11
The judge of the "affluenza" trial deserves to be tarred and feathered. Paladin Dec 2015 #12
Absolutely monstrous call by that judge. Grotesque. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #13
The judge should be investigated, honestly. christx30 Dec 2015 #14
Check his bank accounts Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #16
I agree fully. christx30 Dec 2015 #17
Yeah, someone should ask him what he thinks about all this... Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #15
This all reminds me of an episode of "Law And Order..." Archae Dec 2015 #18
Well... 2naSalit Dec 2015 #22
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