"Dave Hinz" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:22:50 -0500, Ed Huntress
wrote:
"Dave Hinz" wrote in message
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Good. Then you know she ran a stop sign at 8:00 PM on a clear night
and
a
dry road, killed a 17-year-old kid, but was never charged with
anything.

Apparently the DA knows more about it than you do, Ed.

Apparently not. Questioned about it by several news sources, neither the
DA's office nor the police dept. could explain why the box for "charges"
was
left empty.

Um, OK. I'm having a hard time getting worked up about this, if those
most closely involved didn't press charges.

Family friends with the Welches, the father of the boy who was killed was in
the car right behind him at the time.

Some journalists have tried to dig deeper but everybody clams up. There is a
swarm of speculation surrounding the case but it looks like something the
families handled between themselves. Elder editors from local news sources
said that's the way a lot of things were done in Midland at the time. It was
all a matter of connections, and the well-connected stayed out of jail and
mostly out of the news.

--
Ed Huntress