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Ethan Couch cannot be found

KathyPet — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:35:11 GMT

He's the teenager in Texas who killed 4 people while driving drunk. His lawyers got him off with the "affluenza" defense. He got 10 years probation but was required to check in weekly with his probation officer. Now he and his mother cannot be found. Local sheriff says "I told you this would happen"

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Suziepeach — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:41:30 GMT

Hopefully they'll be found & both put in jail! My husband and I heard this last night on the news and just glared at one another... Unbelievable & both running together!!

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January121 — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:49:07 GMT

I saw the story on the news last night ..... the entire family looked very weird and scary ..... they definitely are not normal ... I don't care how much money they have ..... I hope they catch the mother & son and throw them in jail for life!!

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esmeraldagooch — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:49:08 GMT

Yes, but why is he missing and why was his probation officer looking for him?

Earlier this month, that fear seemed to be confirmed when a video surfaced appearing to show Couch breaking his probation.

In a six-second clip posted to Twitter on Dec. 2, a blond teen strongly resembling the now-18-year-old Couch can be seen clapping and laughing during a raucous game of beer pong.

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ValuSkr — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:53:49 GMT

Now his mother has affluenza too?!

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SydneyH — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:55:47 GMT

If they have left the country, it could be years before he is located imo.

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scatcat — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:57:03 GMT

The judge should be put in the cell next to Ethan's

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Krimpette — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:03:56 GMT

That kid (and his parents) make me ill! I hope they find them, but I doubt that they will.

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Plaid Pants2 — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:39:16 GMT

I suppose that there is a very remote chance that they ran off to commit murder-suicide.

Why was his probation officer looking for him?

Simple, when Ethan didn't check in when he was supposed to, his probation officer went looking for him.

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RetRN — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:12:41 GMT

What a surprise.

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Mrsq2022 — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:28:52 GMT

Affluenza is the most disturbing defense I can imagine. Wow. Too rich to understand consequences of conduct....killed people but too priveleged to understand the consequence.

I think ink that a lot of people are saying "I told you so" right now!

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IndiaRose — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:37:53 GMT

remembering Ted.

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Cabrio — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:40:45 GMT

I cannot even imagine the pain the parents of the children that died must feel. This case seems to make a mockery of our justice system, beyond tragic and so damaging in so many more ways, very sad.

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Topaz Gem — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:56:27 GMT

Why would they bother to run, though? I have no doubt that they did, but the kid got away scott free with no jail time. All he had to do is to check in with his probabation officer on a weekly basis. So they're running from that minor inconvenience?? Makes no sense, but I agree with another poster who said that they are weird.

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esmeraldagooch — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:13:35 GMT

This is why his probation officer was looking for him....

Earlier this month, that fear seemed to be confirmed when a video surfaced appearing to show Couch breaking his probation.

In a six-second clip posted to Twitter on Dec. 2, a blond teen strongly resembling the now-18-year-old Couch can be seen clapping and laughing during a raucous game of beer pong. He faces jail time if this is true.

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Vivian — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:19:37 GMT

I'd look around Switzerland, at famous luxury resorts. The word affluenza raises my blood pressure every time I think of it. How anyone, especially a judge, could be hoodwinked by that nonsense boggles the mind. I am an alumna and a retired employee of an Ivy League university where I came into contact with many "affluenza sufferers." I can tell you that if they flunked out of school because of excessive partying and insufficient studying, I gave them and their parents the bad news, regardless of family income. This ridiculous diagnosis, made by a lunatic psychologist has, once again, been proven erroneous by this mother & son escape.

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DoneTryin — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:26:35 GMT

These people aren't the sharpest pencils in the box. Authoritites only need to follow the money trail. All 3 of them need to be in jail, if you ask me.

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Melania — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:38:02 GMT

The great state of......pfftt. The kid wants to drink so his mommy will do anything to make him happy. He's an alcoholic and doesn't care that he murdered 4 people.

The judge, attorney, he and his parents need to be locked up.

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maestra — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:45:11 GMT

Why the shock that Ethan and Mom are gone. It's due to the parenting that this man is the hot mess he is, and yes, he has a hand in this.

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Mz iMac — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 23:00:00 GMT

@Vivian Florimond wrote:
I'd look around Switzerland

US can look around all they want. Switzerland has an extradition treaty w/the US. However, Switzerland have been known to harbor U.S. fugitives. Think Roman Polanski.