MI - Flynn MacKrell, 18 dies and Kiernan Tague, 17 injured after car crashes while driving 105 mph in 25 mph zone - Aug. 27, 2024

[Clearsky]

Parents of teen crash victim want driver’s mom punished after texts reveal she knew of son’s reckless speeding habit: ‘Like she handed him an AR-15’

“She was sitting on a ticking time bomb. She knows he’s out of control, yet she basically gets him a weapon.”

nypost.com

Kiernan Tague, 17, picked up his friend and neighbor Flynn MacKrell, 18, from his parents’ home in Grosse Pointe, a suburb of Detroit, on Nov.17 while he was home from college over Thanksgiving break, according to the Detroit Free Press.

 

[al66pine]

An Extreeeme Case of Affluenza?

Parents of teen crash victim want driver’s mom punished after texts reveal she knew of son’s reckless speeding habit: ‘Like she handed him an AR-15’

“She was sitting on a ticking time bomb. She knows he’s out of control, yet she basically gets him a weapon.”

nypost.com

Kiernan Tague, 17, picked up his friend and neighbor Flynn MacKrell, 18, from his parents’ home in Grosse Pointe, a suburb of Detroit, on Nov.17 while he was home from college over Thanksgiving break, according to the Detroit Free Press.

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@Clearsky Thanks for opening this thread, altho imo it's sickening to read.

In reacting to Kiernan's actions from as early as 2020 to the time of his Nov 2023 auto crash that killed his friend, his Mother Elizabeth Puleo-Tague made numerous 911 calls.

17 yo punching his Mother, biting her arm, breaking furniture in the home, unauthorized use of her cr. cards, underage drinking, prior reckless driving habits.

From linked NYP article:
"Currently, no charges have been filed against Puleo-Tague."
"Now facing second-degree MURDER for the death of his friend, Tague is not being charged as an adult but instead as an “adult designated,” meaning if he is convicted, the judge could sentence him as an adult or a juvenile or impose a blended sentence....
"In Michigan, second-degree murder carries a maximum sentence of LIFE IN PRISON." < my CAPS

After his March arrest, he is now out on bail.

 

[al66pine]

LE Is Investigating Mother Who is a Campus Minister. Does Son Have Affluenza?

From Daily Mail below:
"Now Tague's mother, Elizabeth Puleo-Tague is being investigated by police after text messages emerged showing she was aware of her son's speeding habit - which she had intimate knowledge of through a GPS app called Life360.

"Flynn's parents told The Detroit Free Press that Elizabeth should face criminal charges, with his devastated mother Anne stating: 'It's like she handed him an AR-15.'"

"Elizabeth, the campus minister at a local Catholic School, bought herself a brand-new BMW weeks after sending those texts that she proceeded to give her son access to..."

"... history of bad behavior aside from speeding, including assaulting his mother in 2020.

"The offenses were uncovered by Grosse Pointe City police officers who penned a report laying out the more than 20 offenses, and problems he was having at home... while mom was away in Canada."

Members of the clergy are known to be forgiving, but this ^ ???

Brings to mind the Texas case in which atty argued "Affluenza Defense" several yrs ago.

Gotta find a link. BRB. Here is WS thread #3 on that case:

GUILTY - TX - Ethan Couch 'Affluenza Teen' DUI driver who killed four gets probation, 2013 #3

I can already predict the outcome here, witty, baby, Ethan will say that his tummy hurt, so his Mama gave him some CBD oil to feel better. He didn't know that it would test positive for THC. And we will also magically have a prescription for medical CBD oil, backdated, of course.

www.websleuths.com

A shorter version: Ethan Couch - Wikipedia
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Mom's texts haunt her after son's crash killed 18-year-old swimmer

Kiernan Tague, 17, had picked up his friend and neighbor Flynn MacKrell from his parents' home in Grosse Pointe, a leafy suburb of Michigan , on the night of November 17, 2023.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[tlcya]

wow. This mother reminds me of Erika Scholtes, wife of Christopher Scholtes, who is charged with the death of his toddler daughter in a hot car for hours in AZ. ES also texted CS about her concerns over his speeding with their kids in the car and repeatedly leaving them in the car for extended periods.

I agree, this case may be one of affluenza and a mother enabling the ever growing dangerous behaviors of her son.

 

[georgiajean]

I was reading about this incident this morning. One of the bits that stood out to me is the mom pleading with her son to pick up some wine. Then, in later texts, telling him that having a false ID was illegal. She KNEW he had a false ID (otherwise, how could he have picked up alcohol?) and used that to her advantage. This sure seems like a very twisted parent/child relationship. Inside teen car crash 'killer' and his mom's bizarre relationship