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1:46Now PlayingCouches had going away party before fleeing to Mexico
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1:46Now PlayingThe mom of a Texas teen caught Monday in Mexico after spurring an international manhunt planned their departure down to the going-away party before they fled, said the sheriff who was determined to find them.
Ethan Couch, known for invoking an "affluenza" defense after he killed four people in a 2013 drunken-driving crash, had been missing officially since Dec. 10 when he failed to show up for a mandatory meeting with his probation officer. But Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said Tuesday he believes that Couch, now 18, actually fled in late November with his mother after a video surfaced showing him at a party that included alcohol.
"They had planned to disappear," Anderson said. "To be honest, we're going to breathe a lot easier when they're back in this country."
Couch's mother, Tonya Couch, knew that drinking was a violation of her son's probation, Anderson said. But what the 48-year-old did after learning about the video could earn her two to 10 years of her own prison term on charges of hindering apprehension.
The sheriff is asking that a warrant be issued for Tonya Couch's arrest.
Sharen Wilson, Tarrant County district attorney, is asking that Ethan Couch's case be transferred to adult court. Ethan Couch then would face up to 120 days in an adult jail, followed by 10 years of probation.
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