and seven doors down, officers pay a visit to ethan's burleson house. no one's home, but a trash bin brimming with cans and bottles right outside paints a vivid picture of the last night's activities. not only was he drunk, but there were traces of thc, valium and some other drugs. >> right, which according to our toxicologist, were bad enough on their own, but you combine those with alcohol, just a recipe for disaster. >> reporter: richard alpert is an assistant district attorney who came onto the case just a day after the crash. >> the first thing we started doing is bringing those witnesses in and talking to 'em. >> will you please state your name. >> garrett ballard. >> starr teague. >> reporter: garrett ballard, ethan's best friend since grade school and starr teague, a former and brief love interest, red truck that night. these are deposition tapes from a civil lawsuit resulting from the crash. starr says ethan, garrett and another boy started drinking around 6:00 p.m. the night of the crash. >> they -- all three of them did a shot of vanilla -- i

worth and you arrive in burleson, texas, a land of big houses and big trucks. what kind of people live here? >> probably just a good, average, middle-class hard-working folks who get up every morning and go to work. >> reporter: it was the night before father's day and eric boyles was spending it with his wife hollie and daughter shelby. >> shelby and -- and hollie when i walked through the door, they were standing at the window, to the front. >> reporter: eric's wife and daughter were looking out onto a scary sight, a young woman driving a white suv had spun out just in front of their house and was now standing by her disabled car. >> so the girls headed out the front door. >> reporter: the driver of the suv called for help while shelby and hollie waited with her. that same night, down the road from the boyles' house, lucas mcconnell's family was hosting a party organized by their youth pastor, brian jennings. >> he was one of the closest people that i had who wasn't family. i was around him all the time. >> reporter: around 11:00 p.m. with the party winding d

remember, the couches were himself in the burleson house. let a 16-year-old kid stay at the burleson-retta house by himself without anyone present, correct? >> that 16-year-old kid, however foolish that it may have been, he seemed pretty responsible. >> was there always alcohol then when you were at the burleson location? >> not always, no. >> most of the time? >> most of the time, yes. >> if there was alcohol most of the time, there was drugs as well? >> yes. >> reporter: you betcha. ethan rattles off a list of drugs shocking for anyone, much less a 16 year-old. >> i've taken valium, hydrocodone, marijuana, cocaine, xanax -- and i think i tried ecstasy once. pretty sure that was it. >> reporter: which brings us back to that deadly june night. >> and what was your plan? >> i was gonna have a couple people over and drink. text exchange with your mom the night of this crash? >> yes, she had just sent me a text, don't be out late and don't drink and -- don't be drinking and driving. >> reporter: that was certainly thoughtful, but by now ethan h

today is that day for farrah burleson. >> i'm going home. >> after how long?l for stealing scrap metal to fund a drug habit, burleson now has a second chance. >> i have five years probation, which is going to be really hard because it's going to keep my nose to the grind. i'm going to finish college and go see my babies. i'm so excited. >> yay. >> among the dormmates burleson will leave behind is patricia smith. after a recent visit with her 7-month-old daughter, smith will soon leave the jail as well, but for a different reason. she's due to transfer to state prison any day now and copes the best she can. >> i like to sleep away my time because it seems like it makes the days go by a lot faster. i usually wake up around dinner time, which is about 4:00 or 4:30 and then eat, and then when i get done eating dinner, i'll try to call jason and talk to him, and then i'll come back here and put in my earplugs and just try to sleep. when i sleep, i'll have dreams, and sometimes nightmares about this place and about my girls, and that's probably the worst part about

later in the game, north henderson's miranda burleson shoots from way outside, and scores the triple. but this game would be all bears. brayden lewis gets the ball in the post, scores the basket, and gets fouled. the pisgah girls beat north henderson, 51- 31. here are the latest rankings from max preps.in girls, its erwin 2nd ranked in 3a with pisgah 10th., in 2a, smoky mountain rated 4th with mountain heritage 7th and rs central 10th ranked.in 1a cherokee is number 7and in ncisaa 2a, carolina day is 2nd. on the boys side, north henderson 8th ranked in 3a, no other public schools from wnc ranked in the top 10.,in ncisaa 2a--carolina day is number 2 while aca is 4th ranked.,in 3a its christ school in 7th.that's our sports this morning. i'm stan pamfilis have a great wednesday. 3 here is a look at current conditions.. in our next half hour we'll talk more about what to expect in the next 7- days. 3 3 3 coming up... is less really more? the new debate in the 3 it is 5:xx ...will twitter get rid of its 140-character limit? speculation, by way of tweets, has been rampante. technology news

. >> maggie: people at walmart at burleson say, oh, are you ted cruz's parents? and i say no, but we, it's like he's our adopted son. we love him. (laughter) >> sabrina: wright says this is all for her grandsons. >> maggie: i want them to grow up and see the america that i saw. >> sabrina: and if he wins? >> maggie: we'll have an inauguration that will be superb. >> sabrina: and on the democratic side, we found another interesting story. a kid campaigner who's passionate about hillary clinton. volunteers at the hillary clinton campaign are hard at work. it's crunch time before the iowa caucuses. >> i'm with the hillary clinton campaign. >> sabrina: they're calling voters, trying to get them to commit to supporting their candidate come caucus night. >> we really do ne to make sure that we have all of our supporters turn out on february 1st. >> with volunteers, the most important part, they're the ones talking to their neighbors. taking ownership of their precinct. >> sabrina: among the chatter- >> george: hi, may i please speak to ryan? >> sabrina: you'll hear one

specifically, a little piece of nfl nevada style is up for bid, the 2009 and wide receiver nate burleson owned it and it's on craigslist. this is the same suv that they'd crashed into a highly immediacy -- highly median while try to save pizza from off the passenger seat-nate is not the owner anyone -- anymore but someone is trying to cash in on the ride. >> it had been a great ski season in our area and while some take sports to the extreme, this next athlete is on a whole different level. angel collinson shooting of a documentary in alaska last thing when she hits a icy chunky snow and goes down. but this is far from over. angel would tumble head over heels for more than 1000 feet down the mountain face before coming to a stop. miraculously shealy suffered a couple of jammed fingers and some bruises. still sliding down the hill she was on national tv this morning i don't know how you don't get hurt in something like that. >> shearwater the rocks. >> that happened last spring. >> unbelievable. we . >>> a 99 woman got quite the scare in south miami florida when a exotic animal woke her u

it's not as if they went to the waffle house in burleson, texas and recruited the 70-year-old cook there. in that industry that's seen as the most liberal bastion of our country. i'm asking. >> are they diverse, and obviously not enough and so they have to start, the industry itself, has to start bringing in more diversity, i mean, all kinds of diversity to that industry so that they have a bigger pool to pick from. >> well, clearly it's such an important issue, and it is -- it has divided the academy and its members so they have to do something about it and they are addressing it. >> it would be nice to see a few non-african-american on non-color actors speak out, jessica chastain did a great speech last year where she did a >> absolutely. >> on the chris rock question, think about the impact. what has a bigger impact, him staying at home or on a stage in front of 100 million people around the world for ten minutes and making a commentary and also coming from him, a guy who has got a lifetime behind him of commentary about justice and that's the thrust of what he talks about. >> he's pe

. >> is that in burleson. >> my wife and two kids. >> and your wife is how old?ay asking for one of the thimpks we're asking for your mom's bond to be reduced. >> yeah. >> do you understand that? >> yes, ma'am. >> are you aware ofhat her bond is currently set at? >> yes. >> what is that? >> $1 million. >> is there any way that your mom is able to post a $1 million bond? >> no. >> are you aware of any prior convictions that your mother has? >> no. >> is it your plan if her bond was lowered and she was able to post the bond that she would go and live with you? >> yes. >> that would be in tarrant county? >> yes, ma'am. >> the people that live in your home, are there anyone who lives in your home with criminal convictions? >> no. >> are you aware of your mom's financial situation? >> yes, i am. >> is it your understanding -- is your mom married? >> married, but they are separated. >> she's married but separated from whom? >> fred couch. >> who is not your father? >> no, he's my stepfather. >> and they have been married and divorced in the past, is that correct? >> ye

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it's not as if they went to the waffle house in burleson, texas d rececited the 70-year-old cook there. these are individuals who work the most liberal bastion of our country. i'm asking. >> are they diverse, and obviously not enough and so they have to start, the industry itself, has to start bringing in