Vermont woman facing murder charge in car crash, killing a 30-year-old father during a failed suicid
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[b]Vermont woman facing murder charge in suicidal car crash[/b]
Source: [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/vermont-woman-facing-murder-charge-suicidal-car-crash-article-1.2316070]Daily News[/url]
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[quote]A Vermont woman is facing murder charges in a deadly car crash.
Karri Benoir, 23, veered into oncoming traffic, killing a 30-year-old dad during a failed suicide attempt in the town of Richmond, authorities said.
The Barre resident was badly injured and could be arraigned bedside at the University of Vermont Medical Center if she’s not well enough to make it to court, state police said.
Benoir was southbound on July 30 when she intentionally drove across a grassy median of Interstate 89 and slammed into Brendon Cousino, according to state police.
Benoir, who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, was ejected. Troopers found Cousino of Richmond dead behind the wheel of a 1999 Honda Civic.
The driver of a third car that hit Benoir’s Toyota wasn’t injured.
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[i]Karri Benoir, 23, of Barre, Vt., was charged with murder after she intentionally drove into oncoming traffic, killing a 30-year-old in a failed suicide attempt, authorities say.[/i]
Cousino, who worked as an EMT, was a married father of three young daughters.
A cousin created an online fundraiser on GoFundMe to help the family, and pledges had topped $40,000 on Wednesday.
Cousino’s widow was devastated by his senseless death.
“How do you face life without your best friend in the whole world?” Heidi Cousino said in the GoFundMe post. “How do I raise these girls without his silly influence and rock steady support? I will miss him with every breath and every heartbeat.”
Benoir was known as bright but troubled.
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[i]Brendon Cousino was killed on July 30 in Richmond, Vt., when a suicidal driver slammed into him, authorities say.[/i][/quote]
No words.
If you're going to kill yourself, do it but don't take anybody else's. I oppose people calling suicidal victims as selfish when they're doing it alone, but everybody else's lives should be off-limits.
(no, I'm not advocating suicide)
This is so fucked. She's no better than the assholes who want to go out shooting.
Fucking selfish cunt. Go ahead and kill yourself but don't hurt other people in the process you fuckwit.
[QUOTE=Hobo4President;48395459]Fucking selfish cunt. Go ahead and kill yourself but don't hurt other people in the process you fuckwit.[/QUOTE]
Pretty much. She gets no simpathy from me.
This is one of the few instances where I wonder:
Why didn't you just drive off of a bridge?
[QUOTE=deadoon;48395485]This is one of the few instances where I wonder:
Why didn't you just drive off of a bridge?[/QUOTE]
That's literally the first thing I wondered. What a fucking awful person driving into oncoming traffic.
Depression makes you do awful things, sympathies to both the family of victim and the woman.
[QUOTE=bdd458;48395604]Depression makes you do awful things, sympathies to both the family of victim and the woman.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, but I'm not buying it. She was well aware of what she was about to do.
Yeah, these types of selfish attempts are terrible. Why would you ruin someone else's life because yours was shit?
Its kind of like the alcoholic driver effect.
Somehow a drunk driver (most of the time) gets out of a wreck unharmed but whoever they hit gets killed.
You decide to be a fuckwit and be reckless and someone else has to pay for your selfishness and stupidity.
[QUOTE=HookerVomit;48395699]Yeah, these types of selfish attempts are terrible. Why would you ruin someone else's life because yours was shit?
Its kind of like the alcoholic driver effect.
Somehow a drunk driver (most of the time) gets out of a wreck unharmed but whoever they hit gets killed.
You decide to be a fuckwit and be reckless and someone else has to pay for your selfishness and stupidity.[/QUOTE]
Drunk drivers aren't expecting to die though, this woman chose to end her life in the most selfish way possible by knowingly getting others involved and hurting/killing them as a consequence.
[QUOTE=Novangel;48395744]Drunk drivers aren't expecting to die though, this woman chose to end her life in the most selfish way possible by knowingly getting others involved and hurting/killing them as a consequence.[/QUOTE]
Drunk driving is still an incredibly reckless and selfish act, despite not actively attempting to end their lives the action is inherently selfish.
Chronic depression does warp a person's thought-process and decisions, so I wouldn't count this crime as first degree murder. I almost want to say it's manslaughter, but I don't know. The woman probably had no thoughts of any one else in the world when she did it.
During my late teens, before my own depression was treated, I was plagued by suicide fantasies as I drove, but it was always of me driving the car into a tree, never ever into another vehicle.
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;48395650]Sorry, but I'm not buying it. She was well aware of what she was about to do.[/QUOTE]
of course she was, and she was also a suicidal maniac. People dont just end up that way because they're evil people, often preventable problems with health, family, finances, and general stress can drive people to these things.
Its fine if you want to shit talk her but if you want instances of these kind of issues to decrease the mental health system in the US needs to be improved.
[QUOTE=BlueChihuahua;48395815]Chronic depression does warp a person's thought-process and decisions, so I wouldn't count this crime as first degree murder. I almost want to say it's manslaughter, but I don't know. The woman probably had no thoughts of any one else in the world when she did it.
During my late teens, before my own depression was treated, I was plagued by suicide fantasies as I drove, but it was always of me driving the car into a tree, never ever into another vehicle.[/QUOTE]
Second degree murder is what she was charged with, not originally planned or premeditated but you caused harm intentionally by dangerous conduct and/or lack of concern for other human life. Ex. you get in a fight at a bar and the guy dies, not your intention to kill him, but you were acting dangerously which caused his death.
Being in the wrong state of mind puts you into this category, whether it be depressed, insane or other. Manslaughter would imply you had no intent to harm, but your mistakes [B]unintentionally [/B]caused a death. In this case, she had intent to cause harm to herself through the means of somebody else getting hurt in the process. Which is waay different. Regardless if this was impulsive and she wasn't thinking, she still killed somebody with her methods. Thus, second degree murder charge.
As soon as you purposely try to harm others in any form and that causes a death, it's instantly murder.
[QUOTE=Mattk50;48395843]of course she was, and she was also a suicidal maniac. People dont just end up that way because they're evil people, often preventable problems with health, family, finances, and general stress can drive people to these things.
Its fine if you want to shit talk her but if you want instances of these kind of issues to decrease the mental health system in the US needs to be improved.[/QUOTE]
What exactly needs to be proved? I hope you're not in the "suicide is always preventable camp" , you realize that despite how much Doctors try you're going to have people attempt or complete suicide regardless? There's literally no way of preventing everyone from attempting suicide but I'd like to hear your recommendations for improved since we're doing so bad.
I would feel sorry if a person is going through suicidal thoughts or having extreme depression.
But for the Christ of Fuck dont take it out on somebody else. Dumb bitch.
[QUOTE=Deathtrooper2;48395933]I would feel sorry if a person is going through suicidal thoughts or having extreme depression.
But for the Christ of Fuck dont take it out on somebody else. Dumb bitch.[/QUOTE]
That's one of the reasons I also despise the people who throw themselves under a train, in rush hour. Just to piss off a lot of people. If that's their idea of having a "last laugh before kicking the bucket" or whatever, I have no simpathy for you.
If you are so hell-bent on taking your own life, do it privately, keep it to yourself, and don't make it everyone else's business.
Just my 2 cents on the matter.
While I deeply sympathize with those who suffer from depression, and while I understand that it can heavily influences their thoughts, if she was trying to kill herself by driving into another vehicle, then surely she must have been aware by that logic that the other driver would be killed/severely injured.
So she went from suicidal and depressed to suicidal and depressed and getting put away for decades because she senselessly murdered someone.
If she thought her life was over at 23 wait until she walks out of prison with a murder record at 35+. Good luck bouncing back from [I]that.[/I]
One of my friends had a similar suicide attempt where they're from. Some big shot decided to drive off into oncoming traffic to kill himself. The median was raised, ended up going airborne, and killed a guy and his pregnant wife while surviving. Killing yourself in this way is beyond selfish.
[QUOTE=minge-killer;48396038]While I deeply sympathize with those who suffer from depression, and while I understand that it can heavily influences their thoughts, if she was trying to kill herself by driving into another vehicle, then surely she must have been aware by that logic that the other driver would be killed/severely injured.[/QUOTE]
[quote]In most states, first-degree murder is defined as an unlawful killing that is both willful and premeditated, meaning that it was committed after planning or "lying in wait" for the victim. [/quote]
[editline]6th August 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=Levelog;48396049]One of my friends had a similar suicide attempt where they're from. Some big shot decided to drive off into oncoming traffic to kill himself. The median was raised, ended up going airborne, and killed a guy and his pregnant wife while surviving. Killing yourself in this way is beyond selfish.[/QUOTE]
This was happening a lot where I live last year. It was disgusting. People were driving on the wrong side of the highway overpass at top speed and trying to drive into oncoming traffic. There was one boy who did this and killed a young teenager and her friends. Another person did this and the car fucking exploded on impact killing everyone.
[QUOTE=Mattk50;48395843]of course she was, and she was also a suicidal maniac. People dont just end up that way because they're evil people, often preventable problems with health, family, finances, and general stress can drive people to these things.[/QUOTE]
Oh come off it, people aren't disgusted with her because she's "evil."
People are disgusted with her because her response to something millions of people fight every day, often silently or with the help of other people, is to [I]murder someone.[/I]
She had options, and she decided to choose the single worst one. If that's not a reason to hate someone, I don't know what is.
Mental health in the US needs work, but what thought process possibly made you think this girl was the right one to use as your banner.
[QUOTE=Mattk50;48395843]
Its fine if you want to shit talk her but if you want instances of these kind of issues to decrease the mental health system in the US needs to be improved.[/QUOTE]
People bring this up in every thread but the question is how? Improved accessibility? Lower costs? If anything the biggest factor is probably the social stigma towards mental issues and not a lack of mental healthcare.
[QUOTE=Article]worked as an EMT, was a married father of three young daughters.[/QUOTE]
Nope, nope.
Not the right way to start my morning.
Also I hope the cunt lives a long life in prison thinking about what she's done.
[QUOTE=bdd458;48395604]Depression makes you do awful things, sympathies to both the family of victim and the woman.[/QUOTE]
Going through depression excuses some things but not murder.
[QUOTE=bdd458;48395604]Depression makes you do awful things, sympathies to both the family of victim and the woman.[/QUOTE]
Fuck the woman
she deserves to know full well the horrible thing she did to that family.
just because you're depressed doesn't make you entitled to murder.
Good grief, people. Yeah, she did something bad, but calling her a "selfish cunt" and a "dumb bitch" and wishing the worst on her is just a wee bit overboard, don't you think?
If I remember right, manslaughter is when you do something that kills someone, but your action would not necessarily be expected to result in death. If you fired a gun into the sky, but somehow that bullet killed someone- manslaughter.
2nd degree is when you do something that kills someone and death was the foreseeable result of that action. Shoot someone in the head and they die- 2nd degree murder.
1st degree requires premeditation.
So I think she's clearly guilty of 2nd degree murder, since speeding the wrong way into oncoming traffic can be said to result in a high speed head on crash which is almost always going to mean a fatality.
[QUOTE=Headhumpy;48397855]Good grief, people. Yeah, she did something bad, but calling her a "selfish cunt" and a "dumb bitch" and wishing the worst on her is just a wee bit overboard, don't you think?[/QUOTE]
She seems pretty selfish and dumb for killing someone with her actions.
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