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‘Affluenza’ teen, mother detained in Mexico
Couch and his mom had something akin to a going away party before they fled, Anderson said at a news conference Tuesday morning.
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“Elements of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Jalisco arrested two American citizens in the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, one of them involved in the death of four people in the State of Texas”.
The pair is expected to be returned to Fort Worth soon by the U-S Marshal’s Service.
The case gained worldwide notoriety when Couch’s attorneys claimed that their client suffered from “affluenza” after being shielded from the consequences of his actions by his well-to-do parents.
Couch admitted to the 2013 fatal drunk-driving crash but did not get any jail time, thanks in part to an unusual defense strategy: A psychologist who testified on the wealthy teen’s behalf said Couch was afflicted with “affluenza”, which made him unable to distinguish right from wrong due to his privileged upbringing.
Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson previously had told NBC News that he was “not surprised at all” that Couch ran, saying he believed Couch and his mother had fled the country.
After a “wanted” poster was sent out several weeks ago for Ethan Couch, authorities in Mexico tell CNN they have detained the so-called “affluenza” teen and his mother near the resort town of Puerto Vallarta.
But the question now is will his mother, Tonya Couch, face jail or prison time for aiding and abetting her son?
Initially, local authorities launched a search for Couch when a warrant was issued for his arrest after he disappeared. The maximum sentence that a juvenile judge can dish out is imprisonment in a juvenile facility until Couch turns 19, which is April 11, 2016. Consuming alcohol would break the terms of his probation.
Killed were Breanna Mitchell, 24, of Lillian, whose SUV had broken down; Brian Jennings, a youth minister at a Burleson church who had stopped to help; and Hollie Boyles, 52, and her daughter, Shelby Boyles, 21, who had come from their house nearby to help.
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Couch reportedly dyed his blond hair brown to disguise himself but did not shave off his beard after he went missing following the emergence of a video that allegedly showed him at a party where alcohol was consumed, according to CNN. The condition is not recognized as a medical diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association, and its invocation drew widespread ridicule.