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As Jonah Shepp wrote in Daily Intelligencer , an expert witness at his trial offered an, uh, unusual defense:. This debilitating fictional illness left the defendant unable to feel responsibility for his actions. But shortly afterwards, Couch was investigated for violating his parole a video posted to Twitter claimed to show him playing beer pong , prompting him and his mother to flee to Mexico.
He was extradited to Texas and, in , sentenced to two years in jail for violating his parole. Couch's reckless driving set off a chain reaction that resulted in a horrific and fatal scene. Couch's truck then hit Brian Jennings' vehicle and knocked it across the roadway into on-coming traffic.
I didn't think that it would involve my wife and daughter. He went back outside in search of his wife and daughter and was horrified at the chaotic scene unfolding in front of his house. Car parts, bodies and debris were scattered everywhere, he said. Then it was a matter of 'OK, so where is Shelby? And about 20 feet down the road, Boyles found the body of his daughter thrown up against a fence. McConnell scrambled out of his car and found Jennings lying in a ditch.
Just moments later, Brian Jennings' wife, Shaunna Jennings, who was driving home from her son Evan Jennings' graduation party, arrived on the hellish scene. It's almost like watching a movie. It's not like it's happening to you. News of the horrific accident on the quiet country road quickly spread on social media.
About a quarter mile from the scene of the wreck, Shanna Clark and her teenage son, Corbin, were driving down the road when they came upon a passed out teenager lying in a ditch. Shauna pulled off the road to tend to the shaggy-haired teen who was only wearing a pair of swim trunks.
I guess he thought I was involved," Corbin Clark recalled. Once Shanna Clark arrived back at the scene with officers, she said Couch resisted their attempts get him medical attention. As the officers tried to calm him down, the belligerent teen struggled and said, "I can't afford an ambulance. I can't afford this. Following the crash that rattled the tiny town of Burleson, prosecutors charged Ethan Couch with four counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxication assault.
Couch admitted guilt, and the sentencing hearing that followed garnered international attention and sparked outrage. At the December hearing, Couch's powerhouse legal team called prominent psychologist Dr. Dick Miller to the stand to testify on Couch's behalf.
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