<p>The family and the press have been talking about the alcohol, but of course the police also said that she was massively high on illegal drugs at the time of the accident. According to the forensic reports not only was she drinking huge quantities of vodka while driving but she was also smoking up. </p>
<p>So are we supposed to believe that some “medical incident” not only caused her to become a raging alcoholic, but also instantaneously caused her to become a drug junkie, allowed her to track down drug dealers, perform a deal and then get massively high that morning? Or, as seems far more logical, did she simply have a serious drug and alcohol problem. </p>
<p>As for the reason behind the family insisting that she had no issues with drugs or alcohol one must put this in the context of the legal situation they are now facing. Many states, including New York, have limited tort provisions in place that can in some cases limit how much one can sue for in an automobile accident. These protections are generally in place to avoid huge lawsuits for genuine accidents (and to help keep everyone’s insurance premiums partially in check). However, those provisions are totally thrown out if alcohol or drugs contributed to the accident. </p>
<p>Given that massive drug and alcohol use caused her to murder 7 other people their legal situation isn’t looking too good right now. Whatever assets remain (now in possession of her husband) will likely mostly go to the families of her victims. </p>
<p>Consequently, of course it’s in their best interests to try and convince people that some crazy force of nature caused her to become massively drunk and high (never mind where the drugs came from) to influence any future decisions makers on the matter. However, the story is so far fetched I don’t think anyone is buying it.</p>
<p>Today Janet Difiore, Westchester Co DA said that no criminal charges will be made. That the charges died with Diane Schuler.
There was no evidence of a hx of alcoholism and her husband had no wayof knowing she was drinking.</p>
<p>I live near the accident sight, so I have seen more than the usual news stories on this accident. Even though Diane Schuler could have hidden her alcoholism/drug abuse from her husband, his actions after the accident are very unusual. He claimed various medical conditions caused his wife to drink and emphatically said that his wife never drank alcohol. If he was so innocent, why did he have to hire the type of attorney that he did?? I think tonight Schuler is doing a dance of relief that he is off the hook. He makes my skin crawl. Also, the roads Diane Schuler drove while drunk and high are very windy and it is puzzling how she got so far. This makes me think that she has been an alcoholic for some time and hid it very well.</p>
<p>Given that his wife, their daughter, and his three nieces were killed, and his son was in critical condition, can we really say how he “should” have acted? I know I can’t.</p>
<p>Anytime a female does something wrong/commits a crime, why is that there are always some people ready to transfer the blame onto the nearest male?</p>
<p>Honestly, I can’t imagine a husband wanting to even admit that his wife was capable of killing their child and three nieces. Maybe he was just trying to grasp it all, himself. She is the one that got behind the wheel. I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that she did this and had no supposed previous negligent behavior. According th the DA, sher had no hx of alcoholism. I just find this incredible. This would make a good CSI show reconstruction.</p>
<p>The criminal here died at the scene. The husband as an accessory? Would have been difficult to prove. He is not off the hook in any civil cases.</p>
<p>I thought he admitted that she smoked pot sometimes to get to sleep.</p>
<p>CSI would probably find a tiny bit of the weed, test it and find out that it was tainted with jimsonweed - a plant that had been mixed in with the marijuana by an unscrupulous dealer. The weed causes intense thirst and hallucinations, slurred speech, and disorientation. </p>
<p>No, actually that was a theory. But then they found remnants of angel’s trumpet at the campsite. She was running low on pot, and found the plants growing in the woods. She ground them up and used them instead. They also found bits of mushrooms at the campsite as well. The cellphone records also revealed data downloads from the web about how to prepare the mushrooms and angel’s trumpet to get the best results.</p>
<p>But wait, they found in the phone records that her husband had been using her phone for his calls both before and after the downloads. And his boot print was found near the patch of magic mushrooms growing in the compost area of the campgrounds. He poisoned the pot supply, and it was his bottle of vodka in the car. In her disorientation she thought it was water,…</p>
<p>Nah. I don’t even watch the show anymore. But I can spin a tale. Actually, my kids don’t like to watch TV with me. I often figure out the ending. They used to ask how I knew. Now they just roll their eyes at my being right again…</p>
<p>In Florida they had to put Datura on a list of plants that can no longer be sold by retail nurseries. We have a lot of angel’s trumpet and magic mushrooms. And ER visits due to toxicity.</p>
<p>Diane Schuler’s attorney announces that her husband plans to have her body exhumed so that they can prove there was actually no alcohol in her system.</p>
<p>If he can accept that she was driving along with a van full of kids smoking a joint, why is it so hard for him to believe she wasn’t washing it down with vodka?</p>
<p>Hard for him to come to grips with anything. Poor son has to live with the legacy of his mom killing so many people including sister and cousins. Father may be trying to grapple with the truth for his surviving son.</p>