Brief Update on the Death of Taylor Meyer

• Why? Why does somebody always have to go to jail? If the parents want vengeance for some reason, they will file a lawsuit. They would let their drunk friend leave in the middle of the night if they were drunk as well. As cingular said, it was on the same path through the woods they always took. If you really want to get into who-let-who-do-what, think about this first. Who decided to go to the party in the first place? Did she tell her parents? Even after going to the party, did she need to drink? There have been hundreds of these parties with alcohol, and nobody pays attention to them because nothing bad happened then. But now that something did, everybody acts like this is the first party. The kids attending had probably gone to many drinking parties before, and after doing something so many times without consequence, you start to take less precautions.

• This story is a sad and tragic one..but I wanted to say a few things..first off, I didn't personally KNOW taylor..but she served me a few times at Dunkin Donuts and she was SO nice...she was very happy and smiled a lot. I went to go see her yesterday and people are coming left and right..And a few other things..who LEAVES or LETS their VERY drunk friend walk off in the middle of the night? I think there should be a further investigation and whoever is responsible needs to go to jail for a VERY long time...

• this was one of my best friends cousins and im sorry to hear this!

• I feel compelled to add my two cents...I am very respectful of Taylor's parents as my own brother was killed in a drunken driving accident 20 years ago. It shaped the whole course of my life in addition to my parents and my sister. The drunken driving accident was caused by my brother. He was out partying while home from college. They were partying where we had all partied for years, as was the case with Taylor. I am now dealing with our 16-year-old son and his friends - all "good kids" who play football, basketball, sing in the choir, play in the band, make honor roll...yet can't seem to go to a movie without drinking first. All of us parents are well aware of it and this past weekend, my son along with 4 of his friends finally got caught at it. My son told us who he was with...but not what they would be doing. We are going to court today so that he can answer for this...and this is where I have to say that unfortunately, unless parents DO take a stand, these tragedies will continue to happen. My son will be grounded until next year sometime. Maybe longer. He more than likely will not be able to play any sports. He just got his license and a JEEP - it will be parked. What happened to Taylor was not a tragic accident...it is a sad conclusion for Taylor and her family due to a night of drinking. My family has been through it and it wouldn't be any easier today than it was 20 years ago. I have the family in my thoughts and prayers.

• LET US TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL TO HER PARENTS IN THIS TIME OF TRAGEDY EVERYONE !!!!! RELAX ON INCARNATIONS, SPECULATIONS, ETC ETC. WHAT IF IT WAS YOUR DAUGHTER ?

• "No one is to blame for it" Somehow I strongly suspect that anyone of legal age who supplied the alcohol and/or any adults who knowingly allowed the gathering WILL BE held legally to blame for it if and when a lawsuit for wrongful death is filed. This has happened in other similar cases in the past.

• Thank you, cingular. At the moment, my gut tells me you're probably right. I haven't looked at the full ABC News thread, but I wonder if there were other rumors like that on there. Anyway, thank you for posting. I welcome you to encourage others to rebut rumors like that in the comments here.

• steve, i would like to say that her friends did not in any way point her in the wrong direction..coming from a person who was there that night in no way was she lead into the woods in the wrong direction... she was pointed in the right direction down the very path that every single one of us has taken since we started going there... Taylors death was completly accidental and no one is to blame for it...The rumors need to stop

• Someone sent me this in an e-mail: from this article: http://a.abcnews.com/US/story?id=6073679&page=1 this comment: I personally knew this girl. Her friends gave her bull directions to screw with her because she was so drunk. They thought she would be fine. I'm 16 myself and it's just that you don't expect things like this to happen to you or people you know. Stop putting blame on people. It was an accident. And Larry23662, its hard for parents to keep tabs. I run wild every weekend, lying to my mother. You say your sleeping at a friends, but youre really out partying with them. So you're still with who you say you're with, but just not where you said you'd be. Keeping tabs on a teenage girl is just about impossible. Posted by: brittanybabyx Oct-20 It may be bullshit. But if it isn't, I have to wonder if there won't be some sort of 3rd degree charges coming in this case. Again, though -- this "brittanybabyx" could be anyone. Best to maintain skepticism for now.

• Steve, Thanks for keeping us updated about this story. With "no obvious signs of foul play" as stated by law enforcement, I am curious to know the cause of death. The death of a young person is always tragic but, I hope that Taylor died of natural causes so there will not be the issue of a murderer on the loose causing even more strife in the community.

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