FULL ARRAIGNMENT: Driver arraigned in Swan Boat Club crash that killed 2 kids, injured others
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Marshella Chidester, 66, was arraigned in court on eight charges, including two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of OWI causing death and four counts of OWI causing serious injury. She was given a $1.5 million bond with substance abuse monitoring. www.wxyz.com/news/driver-arra...
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My son had a seizure and he lost his license for 12 months. If she was having seizures, she had absolutely no business driving.
There’s no drs note of she “can not drive “ .. period ! .. this was not an evidentiary hearing that showed right from left up from down on her medical history. You are fabricating and making up stories just like I don’t know why your son lost his license for 12 months did he kill somebody? What did he do Homer?
I have epilepsy & can't drive for 3 months seizure free.
Exactly. I had a grand mal when I was 16, had to wait until I was 2yrs seizure free before getting my license.
I could be wrong, but it didn't sound like those kinds of seizures. It sounded like her legs suddenly spasms, and she has a hard time moving them. Either way, she should NOT have been driving!! Also, she shouldn't have been drinking!
Or drinking . Never mind both 😡
My dad gave up his drivers license when his health started failing. His reason “I don’t want to kill someone”. I’m am so proud of him, he was a wonderful dad!
I have a medical condition, and occasionally have problems with MY legs. Guess what- I voluntarily stopped driving, I went out step further and got rid of my car. Maybe it's cuz I worked in healthcare, maybe it's cuz I have common sense, or maybe it's cuz I'm not a selfish drunk, I realized I should probably stop driving.
God Bless you! I hope everyone goes well for you!
❤💕❤️🙏❤️💕❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My Dad did the same thing. He said he had gotten too old to keep up with the new drivers and had no desire to be killed or cause anyone else their life. I respected his decision and admire him even today while missing him dearly!
It takes a real man to give up part of his independence for the good of his community.
THIS is how we should all be!
I don't care if she was a saint who feed the homeless every day. She got behind the wheel DRUNK made a choice to put the lives of others in danger. This was no accident. She made a choice and it cost lots of people harm. Two babies are gone. They didn't get 66 years of life
Keep on Rockin in the Free World.....another kid that'll never go to school, never be cool ........
It was an accident
@@vernaellison4038 No it wasn't. Nothing you do driving drunk is an accident. You just didn't care about anybody but yourself and knocking back your booze!!! GOH with that....................
@@vernaellison4038, it's not an accident when you make the choice to drive drunk. We all have the choice to find safer ways to get around after drinking. Yet she chose to drive when we all know that many people die each year because of stupid people like her. It was a conscious choice of her to drive so it was not an accident.
@@claddagh8nuts she didnt have the intention of hurting anyone. An accident is just that. An accident. Im not condoning drinking and driving but come on here.
If she’s having seizures, she shouldn’t be driving either. She’s 66, she should know better.
As the Amish say, "Too soon old, too late smart."
She’s 65-66 I’m 71 and I look 15 years younger than her, not bragging just saying. She has alcoholic written all over her face.
If she has a history of having seizures why is she driving drunk
@trolldaddy-xz5io cuz people need to drive to live in America
I had a seizure years ago and had to surrender my drivers license for 6 months,I live in Michigan
@@Charmander009 Well she shouldn't. Some people shouldn't drive
Apparently she started having seizures less than a year ago.
@@mawmawshomesteadpreparednessthen don’t drive
Always the drunk drivers live and the people hit by them pass away. How cruel.
Right?
Not all people pass away.
Maybe that is their punishment
So true!! I heard back in the 70’s because they’re so limber. Damn shame
Very true 😢
Why is this woman not crying her eyes out! She killed two innocent babies and tore a family apart by her deliberate negligence. I am not seeing any regret on the defendant's face, shameful. What a heartbreaking story!
Agreed!!
She is convinced that she is the victim.
She looks like she has been, however she may be scared out if it, to the ooint she cant. Im not taking up for her. She looks quite miserable, and if she was drunk, shes needs to be put in jail. I dont see why ppl get dog drunk and get out on the road!!!
My nephew was killed in a car accident at the age of 28 DAYS. Yes, days. A kid headed to school one morning dropped an 8 track tape in his floorboard. He reached to get it and veered into my brothers car, head on. He wasnt drunk at all, he was just 18 yrs old.
My brother and his wife were taking the baby for his first checkup. He never made it.
Be careful out there. There's precious cargo out there.
exactly if that was me I would have to be put in a coma knowing I did something like that she is sitting there like its another day.
Same.
I COULD NOT live with myself if I’d done what this woman has.
As a former EMT, I have seen people who are post seizure. They are called postictal. If she got up right after the accident, it proves that she did not have a seizure at all.
Yes indeed! My son has epilepsy and after he has a seizure he has no clue what happened and it takes a while for him to come back to earth
@myopinionmatters What type of seizure would only affect the legs?; isn’t that what she is claiming?
@@Mz.Scarlett she’s full of shit
@Mz.Scarlett I have those mines is from a back injury. It's when your leg jerk or shake involuntarily whether you're sitting or standing .
To be honest my dad had this happen in his driveway and he ran into his house he couldn’t walk away he was taken away by ambulance later we found out he had a tumor on his brain. He never drove again. If she was having them she should’ve never drove
She blew way over the limit, she was hammered. Her own family said she’s a drunk. She should never get bond. She’s a freaking danger to all.
If her family knew she was drunk then why did they not report it they could have saved lives.💔
@Buttie2003 nobody said her family knew she was drunk at that time. They said she drinks a lot. They had no way of knowing if they weren't with her. She is the only one that could have kept this from happening.
@@tracybarber8961AMEN
The restaurant should have offered a cab ? Her friend owns the restaurant😢!! These kids must be traumatized😢This is a tragedy!!!!!!!
She has seizures !😮😮Do these medications have warnings to this effect;to not opperrate machines?
My Aunt and Uncle were killed by a drunk driver, they were newlyweds and just in their mid-20’s. The guy got 1 year in prison. 1 year for 2 young lives. What’s worse, a few years later the judge was caught drunk driving. Absolutely despicable. I have no tolerance for people who drive drunk, especially in this day and age where Uber and Lyft are a click away.
Wow... That apparently crazy! 1 damn year?
Cops, judges etc are the biggest drunk drivers on the road They just dont have to worry when they get pulled over, like the rest of us do
That’s disgusting.
Deleting my comment proves that its the TRUTH...Thank you
@@capricorn8818 This happened over 40 years ago. I was just a child, but I can remember the day they died vividly. I remember having to stay upstairs in my bedroom for hours while my mom and her other sister were downstairs crying. I could see people coming and going all day long from my bedroom window. I had no idea what was going on at the time.
I’m sick and tired of these idiots drinking and driving and getting away with a slap on the hand these judges need to held accountable
The judge did his job. It's a process that needs to be followed. By no means did he give her a slap on the wrist.
She needs to be held accountable for her actions. If she doesn't get a fair shake from the beginning then the charges won't stand.
She needs to go lay it down the rest of her life in prison. She took two little children. How awful. My heart hurts for the family suffering the loss.
If I knew I had periodic paralysis and seizures I wouldn't drive. No doctor would have to tell me. Ridiculous argument.
It’s an excuse . She was drunk
Exactly
And Especially
Drink and Drive
With medical conditions
That already impair
My judgment and
Thinking
She shouldn't even be Drinking Alcohol
To begin with
They won’t let people with a history of seizures drive a vehicle. This is a cop out!
Exactly. I had a friend that never drove. They are saying seizures affected her legs. Lol.
Notice how they're already saying that symptom was rather new? That's bc they can't back that up credibly with medical records. She's going to jail. Period. Time to be a decent human and plead no contest, guilty as charged.
Those young kids never stood a chance against her selfishness. Shame on her!
How in the world is she sitting there with NO TEARS FOR THOSE INNOCENT BABIES THAT ARE DEAD????? NOT CRYING, no sign of remorse, history of alcohol abuse…..sorry, regardless of her age and past driving history throw her in prison for the rest of her life.
She's probably in heavy withdrawal. I'm surprised she's sitting there at all without puking and shittin herself. I thought she was like 75 Years old but I think it's 55 or something.
Agree, it has to be, I believe it wasn't intentionally to take lives, butt it did. She must pay and every asset sold and given to parents. No getting back what she took.😢😭😭💔
AGREED.
This awful person posted that 1.5M dollar bond and was released today, Thursday. I hope Michigan swiftly brings her to trial.
Omg how?
If alcoholism had a face...
Right?
That’s the kind of face I see in her too, all the way ! 👍🏼
Alcoholism face? I wouldn't even fuk that face, no matter how drunk i am.😂😂
Alcohol was 0.0 prove me wrong
How can she sit there and not shed a tear HOW??? 🤬
Oh, she cried. I saw tears, but only when her attorney was making her out to be the victim here because she had "no record" and should be allowed bail. She only cried for herself and because she won't get to drink in jail.
Probably having serious withdrawal from lack of alcohol.
She did shed a tear.
i know!!!!!-i was f'inggg BALLING!!!!!!!😡😭😪😔😪
Ikr? I'm bawling my eyes out and I don't even know these people.
Auntie stay strong. Thank you for speaking for your sister, nephews and niece that can’t speak for themselves.
If you have a "seizure" why are you driving. Why are you drunk. And why is 25% of your bloodstream alcohol. Her defense attorney needs to chill the fuck out
. 25%
@@riffhammeron *.25* 💀
Drinking and driving killing innocent kids. She should never be set free.
It's ironic. They had their whole life ahead of them. She's made a wreck out of her 66 years on this earth. She needs to be incarcerated for the rest of her life.
That was a hard 66
Amen!!!
How can she sit there with not one tear? I was crying just looking at the lady trying to get to the front, shaking. Prayers for the families. So sorry.
There was a drunk driver when I was a little kid swerving on the street while me and my sister rode our bikes. I was 6 and my sister was 8 years old. I quickly jerked my bike out of the way of her swerving and fell off my bike while she hit my bike's tire and swerved at my sister and my sister drove into a park car with her bike to get out of the way and my sister's handle bar of her bike went right through her stomach. She was rushed to the hospital and we both survived the drunk driver. My mother said she fainted when she saw the hole in my sister's stomach at the hospital...She said you could see inside of her. I remember our dad was the only one home my mom was working and my sister said "go get dad" and I was hysterical and I remember him rushing out the door to my sister.
Is this onlins??
You can literally see the alcoholism all over her face. The man that is an employee of the boat club said it well- she has a long term history of drinking & she had hit a tree/ car & was trying to flee. Those babies will forever be 8 & 5.
Then why didn’t they have her trespassed from the club if they had to constantly drag her out?
Not dissing just asking.
That's the hardness I see in her face
Can you set it right her face says it all she has no remorse she's a major alcoholic it's written all over her face... I know I could just be assuming but she is showing no remorse.
I thought the exact same thing. It's all in her face. Notice the way she walks like she's 90???😮😮 Thats because her body is use to alcohol motivating her. She definitely needs to face her consequences!!!
Nothing's ever her fault. "I don't care anymore!"~Likely her dramatic nonsense.
Just because she hasn't even got a speeding ticket doesn't mean that she hasn't been guilty of speeding, it means she's lucky not to have been caught. I would state that she's driven drunk before and lucky not to have been caught. It's a mighty shame that she had to be caught in this tragic fashion.
Exactly
I would Rather have
A Speeding Ticket
Than A Drunk Driving
Ticket
Especially one that led
To the injuries and
Deaths of other People
That's all hearsay, there's no evidence or proof beyond what people say, the court cannot use that in consideration, only the facts.
Yes. My mother was a heavy drinker, she drove drunk countless times over many years before something happened. I'm just grateful that her crash didn't hurt anyone.
YEP!
Either she was lucky to not have been caught...or she has been caught and not ticketed. I would put money on the later of the two.
She showed no emotion when the sister and aunt talked about witnessing the horror at the birthday party.
She didn’t even turn her head! The only emotion came when she heard the 1.5 million bond amount, THAT was the only time she cried
RIP little Angels... Prayers for injured & families involved!! 👼🙏👼
The only time she showed even the slightest bit of emotion is when they told her the bond amount!! This woman is disgusting. 😢
I just read that she made bail today and has been released.
@@ninaappelt9001 Well…*that* sucks!
No tears from this woman until they set the bond at 1.5M. She deserves to stay in jail. Heartbreaking 💔
That’s not true she was crying and I saw her wipe tears from her face. You need to go back and look. Why would she not cry really, do you think she’s happy?
@@EllisInWonderland. I didn’t see ANY tears for the families that lost their loved ones. Horrific
She looked to me like she was crying long before that. She had no way to wipe her eyes.
@@EllisInWonderland. She cried when her attorney was talking about all her ailments. She didn't cry hearing from the Aunt or anyone else who witnessed her drunken escapade that resulted in 2 deaths.
I saw that too. I cried listening to the victim impact statements.
I don't even want to hear "But she's never had a ticket in her entire life!" Those poor children are still dead, families still torn apart. If she was having uncontrolled seizures (which may possibly be from acute alcoholism and not epilepsy) she shouldn't have been driving. Period. Drinking or not.
Those poor babies she killed didnt get to go home, so neither should she. She made the choice to drive drunk and I'm sure it was not the first time. She should rot behind bars. She doesnt even show any emotion for what she did. Seizure my a** 🙄
I would bet my next paycheck that it wasn't the first time.
I concur! She looks like a drunk. Seizures my a-**‼️‼️
She was drunk.
And her attorney said her home was only 400ft from where she was! That’s enraging on a whole other level. I agree with you, she should never see the light of day again.
Sadly, her going to prison doesn't affect only her. Imagine the pain her husband will go through too spending his last years alone in what should have been a happy retirement. I couldn't imagine what she is feeling knowing what she did. At almost 70 years old, living with that is punishment enough, IMO. Just because she isn't crying in court doesn't mean she isn't feeling emotion. People have different ways of handling things that are absolutely devastating. She could still be in shock and if she's medicated, that will also affect her mood and reactions. If that was on purpose as someone claimed, then that's a different story!
The fact that that woman is sitting there stone cold faced is shocking. You’d think if someone “accidentally “ killed two little kids they’d be very remorseful. I wouldn’t even be able to live with myself if I accidentally ended a child’s life……
HER BRAIN IS FRIED FROM ALL THE BOOZE
Uncontrolled seizures…shouldn’t be driving.
I am NOT taking her side, but this blew my mind. I can't believe the judge allowed people to keep interrupting when the defense attorney was speaking. I've never seen that or saw it be allowed. It was very, very, very, unprofessional. They have every right to be angry and hurt and everything else they feel, but constantly interrupting the defense attorney is just crazy to me.
agree, I believe in transparency and cameras in court. But people need to learn to control themselves on Zoom. Or it will all be taken away.
I noticed that too. Important case like this, national attention, media all over, and this judge is just phoning it in. Despicable.
Just because the last PROOF of her drinking was a glass of wine 4 hours prior, does NOT mean that's the last thing she had to drink. Her lawyer must think everyone is as stupid as he is.
Her breathalyzer results prove that she had more than the one glass of wine the defense admits.
I recall that in my home state it was illegal to drive if you had epileptic seizures.
He is simply doing his job. She is not guilty until proven guilty. That's the law in America. She does look highly medicated though. That's one of the first things they do to people in jail. Medicate everyone so they are controllable. If she had seizures her doctor had a duty to report that to the DMV. They would have taken her license away.
Incredibly sad for all of the victims and their families. I never drank and hopefully never will. To much sadness comes from drinking. I've lived a life with many alcoholics. It's a destructive addiction that hurts all.😢🙏
@@margaretsaiber4645 Alcohol is horrible, you got that right. My brother drink but he would not drive when he drink. He was a hard worker but he was a alcoholic. But he was handicaped because he would not drive when he drink and drinked as soon as he got home from work. But that wasn't not problem for her. LOCK HER UP!! Poor mother who has to live with what she did. If she can live with it, that's yet to be seen.
@margaretsaiber4645 jails do not medicate people to control them that is gotta be one of the dumbest things i have ever heard EVER
@@jebrc You are so very wrong about that. I have been fighting against that for many years.
I've never had a ticket. I've never driven drunk.
I have been a Firefighter and first responder, and I absolutely believe everyone should have to ride rescue for 20 hours, before getting a license.
And ANYONE convicted of DUI should have to have a breathalyzer in their car for 2 years ON EVERY COUNT.
No matter what.
💯
I agree with you 💯💯💯
💯
Holier than thou, we should all bow down to you.
FACTS!
The fact they are using her pre existing medical conditions as a contributing factor makes me sick she was clearly drunk and didn't care
She's drove drunk before. She just was never caught. God bless this family and the children.
This low life has no remorse, that's plain as day.
She was drunk.... plain and simple.
Weird how her alcohol blood level was not allowed to be discussed at this point in time.
Oh, hold up. It was said, in the previous news conference, that she was arrested for drunk driving.
You mean she is a drunk!
She should be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
It’s murder she committed, not an “ accident “ because she made the decision to drink and knew she gets seizures !
Geeziz !
She shouldn’t have even been drinking a Coke !
@@bonnielee7134
Because it’s was so fckn high that the scumbag defending her probably petitioned the judge to withhold it from the public !
. When you combine alcohol with ANY medication there are dangerous side effects.
We are all responsible for our own actions and for our choices. Her choice. Her fault. Plead guilty. Go to prison for life. DO NOT make these families go through a trial!!
Hell na , she’s an old white lady, she will get probation
“Day drinking” is a term a lot of closeted alchoholics use to cover up their tracks. There’s no reason to be drinking at the bar at 3pm by yourself other than it being habitual
I agree. But look at her...She doesn't care about what she did. She's mad she has to have restrictions . More people are going to loose their lives...
My stepdad would get off work at 2-2:30 and stop by the bar and have a beer on his way home. He worked later hours too, but always stopped by the bar for a beer on his way home. I am not saying that it was okay, just saying people stop for a drink on their way home. I personally don't drink but every few years, and I sure don't drive after drinking.
@mawmawshomesteadpreparedness A DRINK is much different than .26 blood alcohol level which is what hers was at the time of the accident!
She looks peaceful , no tears , no emotions.🤢🤮She understands what she did to innocent people?
Why was she described as driving like "an old lady" & that people had to go around her? Because people who drive blind drunk do either of two things: speed & don't stay in their lane, OR, crawl long, often with one eye closed so they're not seeing double, hoping they're less conspicuous because they're NOT speeding.
The sh*t that came out of that defence attorney's mouth was disgraceful, shame on him. I get that alcohol has the power to remove some people's morals, ethics & capacity for good decision making (it did that to me for 12 years), BUT, problem drinking/alcoholism is NEVER a justifiable excuse/reason/defence. I would also gamble that the alcohol precipitated the seizures, not the other way around. Not just bitchin' & judgin' cause that's what you do on YT - speaking from first-hand, familial & other experience.
She’s been drinking and driving for a very long time. This time was deadly. Shame on her
Yet there's still people in this comment section _defending_ her?! I just can't wrap my mind around that.
hell she looks like shez been drunk since tha fn 80s
Does absolutely no evidence she was drunk prove it
The aunt, sobbing, recounted the extreme horror she witnessed and the defendant looked forward, not a tear, no sign of sorrow or grief.
It's too much. Feel sorry for everyone harmed.
As an alcoholic, emotions are buried deep. What a tragedy for the victims' families .
Of course you do understand AL! DEFENDANTS ARE CAUTIONED TO NOT REACT
@rebeccafender8734 Way easier said than done. I'm sitting here crying and I wasn't even there. How can you not; listening to that women's pain for the loss of those babies!!! 💔 Idc what they advise, she clearly has issues for not showing ANY emotion or tears; listening to that.
She’s probably desperately trying to hold it together to allow these relatives who are suffering time to speak. No one knows her heart it she looks extremely upset to me. I can see her shaking. This is a circus! A witch-hunt like 100’s of years ago. The Judge lost control in this Arraignment. Absurd.
So heartbreaking may your family find peace soooooo sorry for the loss of these innocent people , hard to listen to without falling apart
This lady needs to take responsibility for this.. A huge mistake driving and drinking while on medication beats me. She knows what she did stand up and say that you’re guilty because you know you are!! They need to lock her up and throw away the key. Have her watch the video of her driving over and over again hearing those innocent people screaming. I hope she gets no freedom.. Those babies deserve justice 🙏🏼🙏🏼
That stone cold look on her face while the victim’s family spoke made me have ZERO compassion for this murderer.
I was shocked ... i hate her
Same here.
I agree with you 100% 🎯💯
Even if my lawyer tried to convince me not to react, I would not be able to hold it together if I was responsible for this.
I don't see a stone-faced killer. I see a senior citizen who apparently has a drinking problem. She did not intend for this to happen. Yet we all know the dangers of driving under the influence. She made a very bad choice. She deserves to be punished.
@@happyinparis I can’t believe anyone would make excuses for this woman. Makes me wonder about those who do…
I know this devil deserves a lawyer, but I almost threw up when he told the judge about her "perfect driving record."
When he said "she's never even had a ticket, she's better than me" my jaw dropped. Talk about foot in mouth. She just ran over an entire family ffs.
Her lawyer is doing a good job at causing doubt. If it’s all true, there’s no reason she isn’t afforded a financially obtainable bond. 15:28
Many defense lawyers have low morals and standards. The few that does are just painting the picture for their clients the best they can.
He had to come up with something in her defense, it's his position. But how can you choose to be a defense attorney when most probability the only reason your going to be in a court room under any circumstance is something unlawful brought you there. Only in America is it for the $$
The only reason you are bothered by her previously perfect driving record is because it doesn't fit into your opinion of her. It doesn't fit into your preconceived notions of what she ought to be.
She shows absolutely no remorse. Shes turning this into "its all about me
That was the most powerful, impassioned and emotional testimony I have ever heard. Heart breaking.
If I did this I would plead guilty and say throw away the key. I could not live with myself
The Socrates solution comes to mind.
She's all about saving her own worthless self. No compassion whatsoever for killing 2 small children or causing horrific injuries to 15 other people. No shame.
I agree .
Lauren, you are a decent person.
Quitting drinking was the best decision of my life..now i never worry about waking up in jail with man slaughter charges
Defense saying just because she never had traffic tickets that she's better than he is. Really?? I'm 61 and have had a couple speeding tickets over the decades, but never KILLED people! No way I'd state she was better than me!
If you pass out tomorrow from a medical condition and kill someone tomorrow, does that then make you bad?
@@moxieme65 so now she has a medical condition all of sudden?...Hmmm
@@moxieme65she was drunk
Traffic tickets doesn't necessarily make you a bad driver as far as skill is concerned, but does make you a naughty driver for breaking the road rules. I've had a few speeding and parking tickets over the decades, but have also driven all over the world, some in very crazy places without incident.
@Maximus90277. We’ll see. Remember, this statement came from her attorney. Let’s wait for the evidence. I’ve witnessed someone passing out while driving. Luckily they were going slow and didn’t hit anyone. Unfortunately, it happens..
No sympathy. Same as she extended to those poor kids.
That lady I can guarantee is thinking and wishing that all she wants is ANOTHER drink instead of sitting there listening to the family cry their eyes out.
She needs to live her life out in prison I'm crying watching this this is horrible NO BAIL SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you should be put in ajil for life for you brainless comments!
Keep the public safe
@@EASTSIDERIDER707 Best thing for you is park your car in the garage close the doors sit in your car and start the engine!
You will join her pedophile. Just called the cops on you!
I’m crying as well. This is horrific. I can’t even imagine nor do I ever want to
If I were her and I did anything like this, killing children with my car, even IF it was an accident by having a medical emergency, I would want to go jail because I could never forgive myself for what happened to those innocent children
Her life sentence is living with what happened!!
Yea that’s what u say now , but ud be fake crying to get out of jail in real life
Same here!
😢Nothing would replace those children even her saying she's sorry.
But she won't be able to drink in jail!
She should have stopped driving last November when she started having seizures. This wasn’t her first seizure. This is all her fault.
Wait she’s being charged with murder? Why not involuntary manslaughter? Surely she could never be convicted of murder…..
"she's better than I am" how many kids have YOU run down Bill?
The Victim Statements broke my heart... 😭 I'm so sorry for your loss. This is horrific and heartbreaking. Praying for the family. 😔💔🙏🏽
This is supposed to an arraignment not the Trial. This Judge has zero control over the Courtroom. He should be removed from the Bench for this.
I cant believe she's even trying to get out of this. Lady, what you did, be it intentional, or an accident, cost the lives of innocent ppl, and destroyed a family.
Plead guilty, and save what shred of a soul you have left.
My heavens, this is absolutely heartbreaking and heartwrentching! 😭💔
She killed two innocent children because you lacked self-control and discretion and has got to be held to account for her actions.
How can that woman sit thier with no remorse acting like she is the victim.
That's how you're supposed to sit in a courtroom, calm and compliant. If she had a river of snot hanging from her chin the entire time, would that cause you to suddenly remember it's "innocent until proven guilty"?
Obviously, you’ve never been to court. She’s doing exactly what she should be doing.
There, there not thier which is spelled their😂😂
My sister began seizures after a car accident. She could not drive until she was seizure free for 1 year. My sister didn't drink or have to take medication but she still couldn't drive. How was this lady able to drive? This was something her doctor had to report to DMV!! I don't believe this was a seizure. She was very drunk!!! Period!🤬🤬
Yes this!!! I said this to my best friend who was hosting this party with her sister. My sister is also an epileptic and is not allowed to drive until seizure free for a year! We pulled up to this party minutes after she hit the building. We were running late thank God but many we love were in that building. Zero excuse for her to have been driving. She’s knows as a fallen down drunk to many!
If your sister couldn't drive being seizure free after 1 year there's something she's not telling you. Because the law is if med partitioned and dept of highways sign off after one year you CAN drive.
@@shimmer8289 she literally said she had to be seizure free for a year… same with my sister who has been an epileptic for 15 years. They have to be seizure free for a year. This defense is trying to say she’s been having seizures since November. If that’s the case she had no business driving.
@allysahatfield7438 I'm not defending her, but I'm trying to stop people from stating people with medical conditions like Seizures can't drive. In my case 30 years ago after seizure free and on meds 5 yrs my license was returned. It would help the family to realize to concentrate on her BAC that night when driving. Some of their statements sound discriminatory and with a large potential jury pool taking some med it may taint future outcomes. I am sorry they lost their family they need to be strategic and the prosecutor is doing a disservice to allow them making inaccurate comments.
@@shimmer8289 and I was just clarifying that the two comments you are referring to both state they have to be seizure free for a year before driving again. So I’m reality if she’s having seizures in November she had no business driving. That aside, she blew over the legal limit. I was there at the party. I drove that same gravel road she did and I’m not even convinced that this wasn’t intentional. It was not easy to get to that point and hit that building. Too much to explain but at the end of it all she should not have been being there wheel
Continous substance abuse, murder should not be on the street.
No traffic involvement: she just hasn't been caught.
Exactly!!!
So ur god ? u know all ??? Wow 😯 shows how u r ignorant
@@laurahendricks5138wrong amazing how u know all and judge as u do .. but u do not ..
@@joansmith6844 Oh, are you trying to say that she has been caught other than the murder charges?????? Please inform us all!!!!
Right,just because a drug addict has never been caught with drugs that doesn't make them not a drug addict!!
If you have a history of seizures, you should absolutely not drive at all!
Sorry that's not what motor vehicle registration says nor the dr that has to sign you off. If you are seizure free and healthy after 1 year you are legally allowed to drive. Your prejudice is speaking.
I have seizures and I will never drive in my life and I don’t have a car and I’m glad I don’t drive
Active seizures you must not drive. But everyone is saying a HISTORY if seizures shouldnt drive. My last one was 40 years ago and Ive driven 30 years.legally. o@NicolleAyorinde-gr9cc
Completely ignorant, and talking out your ass. Thankfully medical advances, decades ago, have made it so that people have lived decades seizure free. If it was up to people like you, those who have been seizure free for decades would still be hospitalised as invalids to this day. I'm sure you belong to the group of folk who also believe there shouldn't be disabled paring because disabled people should be at home because they are disabled? You seem to have the same thought process.
Not true the doctors denotes when you can drive and when you can not drive …. Fact ..
My brother suffers from epilepsy and straight after a seizure he goes into a deep sleep.
My fiance's brother was killed by a drunk driver almost 30 yrs ago. His mom still struggles with it to this day.
There are too many other options available nowadays, so there is no valid reason to get behind the wheel impaired.
Can't say you can't afford an Uber/Lyft/etc, if you've spent all your money on alcohol and/or drugs.
She really doesnt seem at all affected by what shes done even after listening to all these people and their incredible pain, I find that mind blowing, I’m fighting back the tears!
I had to stop watching testimony, it was too much.....
This woman only has a broken arm and these 2 children lost their lives. She just sat there stone faced. Those poor children.
Stone faced? She’s trying to hold it together.
That upsets me so bad it always happens like this :( they walk away with a bruise
She's "stone faced" because the reality of what she did, and the consequences she's facing, are crushing her right here.
I'm not being sympathetic to her... I'm telling you what she's feeling. I know. I've been there. Once... and that was almost 20 years ago. Never again.
She’s a cold hearted evil bytch..that’s why
I feel bad she just an old lady. Look at her.😢 She have a a medical condition with her leg too. She didn't mean for anyone to die.🙏🏼
i lost my mom and uncle to a drunk driver. people who commit crimes like this should plead guilty and please for grace from these families. defending their crimes makes the grief worse for the family😢💔 people need to own up to what they did and ask forgiveness.
This is so heartbreaking. The family that lost the two young children speaking from their hearts, crying inconsolably and this woman shows absolutely no emotion or remorse for the pain she has caused so many. I pray that she gets help and that God has mercy on her soul. Blessings for comfort and healing for the families of the victims. I am so sorry that this happened to such young and innocent children.
Edit : its 24:16 for the people who didnt actually watch the entire video
"She aimed for the bar where her husband should have been sitting"
That says it all
Wow 😮
One person said that, what proof does she have?
What does it say
her husband wont attend that her responsible to kiiled two children and injured dozens
That’s not fact .. wow ur not very bright
What this lady fails to do is take responsibility for her actions. Guilty plea instead of dragging these family through a trial.
Innocent until proven guilty. We don't live in a communist state.
I feel bad she just an old lady. Look at her.😢 She have a a medical condition with her leg too. She didn't mean for anyone to die ma'am.🙏🏼
But her DUI was wrong but this sounds more with her medical condition with her leg.
@@Maui_Gyrl_her age & medical conditions have nothing to do with it. She killed 2 kids she deserves to go to jail for the rest of her life. Get your head out of the gutter
@@Maui_Gyrl_Then she has the responsibility to realize that she is physically no longer able to drive safely and should have stopped driving.
And thebowner/manager of the boat club should have stopped serving her years ago, he bears responsibility for not call her out years ago
No remorse at all for killing two innocent children and injured others. Unreal
Nobody cares that she is 66 years old or she has never had a traffic ticket, she killed two children and hurt multiple others! Also why is she driving if she has seizures?!
She may never have a ticket or anything but there is always the first time. How long has she been dying drunk
I worked with an epileptic- she seized all the time, but never accepted medical assistance. And we knew she lied to her neurologist. She collapsed in the office and turned away an ambulance - because any hospital report of a seizure would automatically suspend her driving privileges. We had no idea what to do, but felt complicit in keeping her secret. She finally wound up totaling her car in a single car accident. This forced the permanent suspension and surrender of her license.
@@NYYLefty-sz9qe I live in the UK and you have to go 12 months with out a seizure a friend of mine went 11 months and had one so she had to start again
Even straight people kill others in traffic accidents..show some compassion
@@NYYLefty-sz9qe That’s crazy! I think this is just a case of driving while intoxicated. They tested her bac.
Heartbreaking for the family of the two children who were killed. The grandmother in the background - my heart breaks for her. The mother is in bad shape at the hospital too. There is no excuse for drinking and driving and NO excuse for driving if you have a medical condition AND TAKING MEDICATIONS! No excuse!
Omgosh, I can't stop crying, I don't understand how this woman doesn't have a tear in her eye.😢❤🙏🏻
She's evil probably a sociopath. There's a lot of people who are and they have no remorse or ability to relate to others. They make excuses for their bad behavior instead of taking accountability. She doesn't care about anyone.
Absolutely heartbreaking! My prayers are with the family & others affected by this tragedy. I could not even imagine how they feel, I have Grandbabies of my own. 😢
The Sheriff has already stated she was at another bar for hours prior to the boat club, so the attorney can give the "1 glass of wine" routine a rest.
That bar she was at probably destroyed all those drink records of hers the second they found out what happened.
@@Casinogirl56 Sad, we already know that place will be sued whether they over served her or not.
She killed 2 children, life in prison, period 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Prison sentences should never be based on emotion. Anyone one of us can make a mistake and have an accident that kills someone, even a child. Life sentences should be saved for violent murderers, which she doesn't appear to be. Yes, she did something incredibly stupid, but I'm sure her intent was not to kill two children.
@@goldeneagle9958driving whilst drunk is not a mistake. It’s a choice knowing what the consequences could be.
@@theresewatson4788 If someone is drunk, do they really have the mental capacity to know what they're doing? My question is, why is alcohol even legal in this country? And then they legalize marijuana! WTF is wrong with this society to keep people in altered states of mind all the time? And then expect them to make rational decisions while high?
@@goldeneagle9958it's called taking responsibility for ones actions
@@goldeneagle9958We tried outlawing alcohol already and organized crime was born because of Prohibition. It didn't work. The bodies piled up. The problem got worse. Do they not teach about this portion of American History in school anymore?
Why everyone saying why she not crying for , you can see she still in full shock .
This woman is so cold and how could she hear that woman whose heart and soul was destroyed along with those babies and yet this cold monster didn’t even shed one tear.
I've never seen such an uncontrolled courtroom. Normally a judge maintains order
I was wondering if that was normal or not! I couldn’t believe they let it go on. But of course I completely empathize with how the family probably feels. But isn’t this sort of like allowing them to try the case before they are even at trial?
I have NEVER in my life watched such a biased case and basically a conviction just in the arraignment. Those people should have never been allowed to speak until the trial was over. Her lawyer if he’s smart can say unfair trial & have it throwed out on this alone.
@@TravelingwithBritty Throw it out? No, she killed two kids and harmed others.
@@TravelingwithBritty Her breathalyzer reading convicted her Absolutely NO way around that one
They better watch out!!! ANY LAWYER could now have this case thrown out!!! This is why they have victim Impact statements at the conclusion of the trial!! I can't believe the judge let them do this !!! This could be dismissed immediately!!! And then that family is going to suffer even more!!! Too sad, those poor children!!!
Although I live elsewhere, I'm from Michigan and my friend's sister was one who was injured. The sadness of this case starts way before the incident. Chidester is a grown woman who knew better. She's a broken, unhappy mess of an alcoholic and (prescription or otherwise) drug abuser. She was already dead inside to have been living this kind of life and her discontent and chronic addictions led directly to this terrible day on which she ended or ruined so many lives. Heartbreaking.
Idk if she was dead inside prior to the accident but she definitely is now
Wow good to know you know so much about her . What a joke
@cerealrakist7360 ah but it's not a joke, ginger. It's spot on.
@@cerealrakist7360you cynical piece of 💩, what you meant to say is wow, that drunk selfish HAG should have succumbed to her misery well before this murderous tragedy ever happened.
She’s
Nobody but a drunk and druggie
I'm sitting here uncontrollably weeping while the defendant sits there cold with no emotion whatsoever!!! Ice queen!!
So what she never had a record before, serial killers were cute little children as well but they grew up to kill people. So now she decides to break the law at 66 years old
I didn’t know a person could get seizures just in their legs. And just because she only had one drink in the bar, doesn’t necessarily mean she only had one drink. She didn’t get a BAC of .026 with one drink.
I've never heard of having seizures in just your legs. I've heard of leg cramps but not leg seizures.
It had to be a 0.26. BAC., Wouldn't it?
I bet she has neuropathy! Maybe she’s on gabapentin! That lawyer is spewing bullsHit 👹👹👹
THEY CANT!!! Seizures take place in the brain.
@@AngelaHarrelsonyes, 3 times over
Dude, if you’re so highly educated, you would know that the defender will always defend even if the person is in the wrong. Everybody deserves a chance to prove their innocence. The fact that you’re even attacking the defender is basically like attacking the guy delivering the mail. Come on man, for someone who claims to be highly educated you should know better…
Absolutely heart breaking ! 😥
She can address her chronic alcoholism in prison
The charges are going to be probably heavy
The man who spoke up from her boat club has a lot of courage to come forward
Except our prisons aren't really about redemption. Or educating anyone about their behaviours in order to understand them and change them.
Just like INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY has never actually existed in this country.
@@rebeccafender8734As someone that pulled 12 years inside prison....you are correct!!💯💯💯💯 They, the politicians, will tell you fir reform but that's a lie. They don't concentrate on reform inside prison. Its a business. Humans are making money off of other humans tragedies and pain!!! The system is made, setup, for you to fail and repeat!
She does not have a driving record because SHE WAS NEVER CAUGHT !!!!
She drives like a little old lady and they have to go around her because she’s drunk!!! Her attorney needs to be quiet
Yea, her neighbor said she drives really slow, probably so she doesn't get stopped that's not a good thing to say, ur not supposed to go way below the limit either
@@daynasafranek7807😂 I know, he's a joke
And we've never been caught hacking up the bodies of teenage campers in the woods. What is your point, please? There are many crimes for which we've never been caught -- that doesn't mean we are necessarily guilty of them, does it?
@@AteAVistaAdeus Her doctor even said she was a chronic alcoholic, there are many people driving drunk for years before they finally get caught....Now please confess your horrid sins somewhere else !
So sad. Bless their hearts. I lost two children and they passed from HLH. But the idea of passing away at a birthday party, gone in an instant, because of some drunk. brutal and heartbreaking. I ache for them because I know what they're going through and will go through. 😢
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She looks older then she really is. She is probably in the 4th stage of Alcoholism. She needs to stay in jail
What is the 4th stage?
Good observation but she is still in the 3rd stage
There are stages?
She’s being tried at her arraignment. Witnesses and others are clearly testifying without having been sworn in nor has her counsel been allowed to question anyone. This isn’t the way our Legal System is supposed to work for Everyone!
To Make such a judgement on her looks is small minded and judge mental. Who are you to find guilt or innocence by someone’s age? Hopefully, no one will Judge you like this but remember, karma calls collects. Stress & Extreme Emotions can make anyone of us appear completely different. I know. I was told by dozens of people how I looked during my 19 year old son’s funeral. I looked old beyond my years and my skin was ashen and gray. That’s devastation.
You can't compare having a heart attack and killing someone with having a KNOWN SEIZURE disorder AND choosing to drive drunk. Just because she's never been caught driving drunk, doesn't mean she's never done it. When I was young and stupid I drove drunk so many times and never got pulled over even once - in fact, I have never gotten a single ticket in MY almost 50 years of driving.
You are as bad as her then, just lucky.what a thing to admit too.
@@scotsquine7870 As I said, I was "young AND STUPID". I'm 62 years old now and haven't driven drunk since I was 22 years old. Forty years ago there wasn't the same "awareness" about driving drunk as there is now. I was never so drunk that I didn't know what I was doing, and the roads I drove on were literally in the middle of nowhere. But I still consider myself extremely lucky for how stupid it was. I admitted it to make the point that just because SHE has never been pulled over, doesn't mean she hasn't driven drunk many times before. Judge me if you wish, but I'm NOT that same person anymore and haven't been for pretty much my entire adult life. How wonderful it must be to be you, who has never made bad decisions when you were young.