03-05-2014, 10:11 AM
There's not much detail regarding what went down, Wildflower. It's hard to know what charges might be applicable without the suspect and witness statements and the police report.
I have a picture in my head based on what little has been released and an idea as to why only Maddison is being charged. I don't know if the picture is accurate, but this is what I imagine.
These young adults were friends and did drugs together in the past. They were messing around with heroin and very ignorant about it. They would not have cuffed and posted pictures of their friend Dylan if they'd known he was dead -- they wouldn't have wanted to finger themselves. They didn't report that he was dead for a few hours -- it took them a while to realize that he was not just out of it --they didn't realize that they were messing with a corpse til after the pics and posts.
Once they realized Dylan was dead, they panicked and tried to figure out what to do (possibly got rid of drugs and paraphernalia before calling cops). They didn't flee the scene or dump him outside of an emergency room and take off as sometimes happen with ODs where the people present don't want to get busted. Maddison incriminated herself about injecting the shot (either in the posts, pics, or when police arrived -- so, she's screwed and charged with "involuntary" manslaughter because her actions actually led to the death of her friend, even though death was not in the plan when the party started). The others are dipshits, but cops don't feel they're worth pursuing and lack any evidence proving anything other than they're dipshits, which is not a crime. There was no intent to commit a crime by anyone involved, other than the illegal drug use. Were the three friends drug tested? IDK.
All just speculation and could be way off. If you have or get more details about what actually went down, would be very interested to see them. It's a sad and interesting case.
I have a picture in my head based on what little has been released and an idea as to why only Maddison is being charged. I don't know if the picture is accurate, but this is what I imagine.
These young adults were friends and did drugs together in the past. They were messing around with heroin and very ignorant about it. They would not have cuffed and posted pictures of their friend Dylan if they'd known he was dead -- they wouldn't have wanted to finger themselves. They didn't report that he was dead for a few hours -- it took them a while to realize that he was not just out of it --they didn't realize that they were messing with a corpse til after the pics and posts.
Once they realized Dylan was dead, they panicked and tried to figure out what to do (possibly got rid of drugs and paraphernalia before calling cops). They didn't flee the scene or dump him outside of an emergency room and take off as sometimes happen with ODs where the people present don't want to get busted. Maddison incriminated herself about injecting the shot (either in the posts, pics, or when police arrived -- so, she's screwed and charged with "involuntary" manslaughter because her actions actually led to the death of her friend, even though death was not in the plan when the party started). The others are dipshits, but cops don't feel they're worth pursuing and lack any evidence proving anything other than they're dipshits, which is not a crime. There was no intent to commit a crime by anyone involved, other than the illegal drug use. Were the three friends drug tested? IDK.
All just speculation and could be way off. If you have or get more details about what actually went down, would be very interested to see them. It's a sad and interesting case.