A Texas woman and her son, a teen known for invoking an “affluenza” defense after a deadly drunken driving wreck, held a sort of farewell party before fleeing his probation, driving to the Mexican border and trying to disguise themselves, officials said Tuesday.
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Ethan Couch, whose “affluenza” defense for killing four people while driving drunk sparked national outrage, has been detained in Mexico weeks after he and his mother disappeared, the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office said.
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During Couch’s trial, Dr. G. Dick Miller testified on Couch’s behalf saying that Couch suffered from “affluenza”, which he defined as an inability to tell right from wrong due to his upbringing in an affluent family.
Tarrant County, Texas, officials issued a warrant for Couch in mid-December after his probation officer couldn’t reach him.
After Couch went off the grid, authorities issued a warrant for his arrest and he was entered into the fugitive database.
Questions that the teen and his mother probably took into account when they made a decision to skip an upcoming December 10 probation meeting which in all likelihood would have led to the affluenza teen’s immediate detention. When police went to the house where Couch was supposed to be living, they found the residence empty.
The psychologist later said he wished he had not used the word, which is not recognized by the American Psychiatric Association as a diagnosis.
But, says Dallas attorney Nicole Knox, “The state would have to prove that this was him in the video and it was taken at a time and occurred at a time that was during his probation instead of before it”.
The prosecutor’s office said the pair will be deported to the United States.
Ethan Couch and his mother were found in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
His mother, Tonya, was listed by Texas authorities as a missing person after her son’s disappearance, and the authorities said they believed she was assisting him.
At the time of the crash, Couch was 16 and had a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit.
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Ethan Couch was convicted of intoxication manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years of probation for driving his pickup truck drunk and killing four people.
