Parents kill teen after forcing him to drink so he would learn a lesson

[Armada]

Yikes.

A Wyoming mom and stepdad are behind bars after their 16-year-old son died of alcohol poisoning — after they tried to "teach him a lesson" about the dangers of drinking, police said.

Paulette Richardson and her husband, Joseph Richardson, were charged with involuntary manslaughter last week after her son, Kendal Ball, was found dead at home in Urie, in southwest Wyoming, on July 7.

For the last three years, Ball had said he wanted to drink, according to court documents. Concerned he would turn out like his alcoholic biological father, the Richardsons said they wanted to prove a point about the hazards by getting him sick.

They encouraged Ball to drink over the course of two hours, in which Ball put back multiple shots of Fireball and Jack Daniels, before putting him to bed, police said. Paulette Richardson said she checked on her son at around 11 p.m., when he gave her a thumbs-up. When her husband checked on Ball at 3:45 a.m., he was unresponsive and paramedics soon found him with dark blue, cool skin, according to the Uinta Herald.

When Ball died, he had a blood alcohol content of .587 — about seven times the legal limit for drivers.

Joseph M. Richardson found his stepson unresponsive at home, police said.

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Paulette L. Richardson was booked into jail in Evanston, Wyo.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/parents-charged-teen-alcohol-death-wyoming-article-1.2362743

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[Realtor Rod]

Bottom of the barrel

[Mr. Ambien]

I didn't know Triple H was a dad.

Stephanie sure has changed over the years.

[Mr.DirtyDangles]

Relatives maybe ?

[nuckin_futz]

.587?

WTF you could get drunk off his blood.

[Edlerberry]

this pisses me off almost as much as the legal profession, but slightly more than the real estate profession.

this must be right around 'boxster-driving-over-extended-wannabe-yuppie-day-trader-stock promoter' levels of pissed off.

[DeNiro]

Right because kids can't learn their own lessons nowadays. It takes idiot parents to show them the dangers of the world.

[thejazz97]

Their heart was in the right spot but what they did was so, so, so stupid.

[DarthMelvin]

I didn't know Triple H was a dad.

Stephanie sure has changed over the years.

That does not even LOOK like HHH!!! You a blind man sir.

[Blame Obama]

wow look at their faces lol dumbassses

[Jägermeister]

Well they don't have to worry about him being an alcoholic now.

[YEGCanuck]

Hillbilly alert.

[DeNiro]

Their heart was in the right spot but what they did was so, so, so stupid.

It's like the old smoking the whole carton of cigarettes thing. But the amount they gave him to have his blood alcohol level so high is completely ridiculous. The kid was only 16.

Hard to feel any sort of empathy for them.

[Intoewsables]

To reach a BAC of .587 in two hours of drinking, you'd have to be pounding back an ABSURD amount of alcohol. The kid looks relatively slim, but that would still have to be like 20+ drinks, no? Ugh.

[Bo.Horvat53]

Might be the most retarded thing I have ever read lol

[Jock Cousteau]

Well that will teach him.

What irresponsible morons.

I hope they enjoy their time in jail.

Idiots.

[aeromotacanucks]

MURICA?

[Alflives]

Might be the most retarded thing I have ever read lol

I seriously doubt a retarded person would commit such a crime, or any crime.

[canuktravella]

. these imbreds should be sterilized poor kid what a failure as parents

[Hugor Hill]

Bottom of the barrel

It's the crap the barrel is sitting on.