Officers in Rusk County, Texas, were called to the home of 18-year-old Jessica Carson on the 2nd of December, 2008. The documentary, There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane, details the case. At some point that day, Diane chose to guzzle a bottle of vodka with five children in her car and ultimately, that killed seven innocent people.
His denial has only caused more heartache. This, of course, has disgusted the family members of those who died in the crash. Even to this day, he denies Diane was at fault for the fatal crash.
She would never have drove drunk he contented. A large quantity of marijuana was also discovered in her system.įollowing this revelation, Diane’s husband completely rejected the scientific evidence, claiming Diane was only a social drinker. 19% - the equivalent of 10 shots of 80% liquor. An autopsy concluded that Diane’s blood alcohol level was. However, when searching the wreckage, an empty 1.75-litre vodka bottle was discovered. People began to question what could have gone wrong? They speculated that Diane could have had a stroke or a heart attack behind a wheel. The children were not in car seats and were not wearing seat belts.Īccording to her husband and family, she was a devoted mother who was extremely responsible. Inside the SUV was father and son, 81-year-old Michael Bastardi, 49-year-old Guy Bastardi and their friend, 74-year-old Daniel Longo.Įverybody except for 5-year-old Brian died at the scene. Diane had driven southbound on the northbound highway for almost 2 miles before smashing head on into an SUV while driving at 85 miles per hour. Moments later, a flood of 911 Falls reported a violent collision at milepost 4.2 on the Taconic State Parkway. The first couple relayed that they had seen a red minivan edging onto the northbound ramp. After hanging up, for reasons unknown, Diane left her phone at the side of the road, got back into the car, and drove towards the Taconic State Parkway ramps.Īt around 1:30PM, the 911 phone calls started to arrive. Wayne told Diane to pull over at the side of the road and said he would come and meet them. She said Diane was disorientated and that she couldn’t see. She said that “there’s something wrong with aunt Diane.” Her sister’s could be heard crying in the background. Two hours later, Emma called Wayne from Diane’s phone. Shortly afterwards, a motorist saw Diane at the side of the road she appeared to be vomiting. Two hours after departing, Diane called her brother, Wayne, and told him they were delayed by traffic. When Diane departed, both Danny and the campground owner said that she seemed perfectly sober. Diane drove a red minivan while her husband, Danny Schuler, left in a separate car. Several hours earlier, 36-year-old Diane Schuler left the Hunter Lake Campground with her 5-year-old son, Bryan and 2-year-old daughter, Erin, as well as her brother’s three daughters, 8-year-old, Emma, 7-year-old, Alyson, and 5-year-old Kate. Honestly, the car’s smashed,” announced a distressed caller to the Briarcliff Manor, New York, 911 operator on the 26th of July, 2009. Nevertheless, their murders remain unsolved.
There were numerous tips over the forthcoming years and each was scrupulously investigated. There was no evidence, however, that either teenager took drugs. The investigation also uncovered that a drug ring was operating from the shop and led to a number of arrests. He was clean shaven with blondish hair and was wearing blue jeans, tennis shoes, a black baseball cap and a black coat with a red shirt.
She said he was 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 8 inches and weighed somewhere between 150 and 170 pounds. She described him as being white and around 16 to 20-years-old. The girl who discovered the bodies described the man she saw to a composite sketch artist. She found 16-year-old Stephanie and 15-year-old Nicholas shot to death.Īn investigation uncovered that no money was missing from the till meaning it wasn’t a robbery gone wrong. As she approached the shop, a young man walked out that she didn’t recognise. Nearly three hours later, an off-duty employee driving past the shop noticed that the lights were still on and went in to investigate. Nicholas was closing up the shop that night and Stephanie went to meet him. It was approximately 10PM on the 13th of February, 2000, when Stephanie left her home for the Subway shop just a mile away from Columbine High School. While the duo survived the school shooting, they would be murdered less than a year later. High school sweethearts, Nicholas Kunselman and Stephanie Hart-Grizzell, were students at Columbine High School on the 20th April, 1999, when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold perpetrated the Columbine Massacre.