I want to be very clear about this one thing. I do NOT approve of using, manufacturing and/or selling drugs! That being said, good kids can become involved because of peer pressure or be duped into it by the lure of easy money. Yes, easy money would equal greed & that is not good. However teens have never been known for exercising good judgement. Everyone needs to think back to their teen years & reflect on their own bad choices. Did any of us deserve to be murdered because of our irresponsible & bad choices? If we had been murdered because of our bad choices, how many of us would still be here to be hashing this out? Probably not a lot of us & I include myself & I have no one to blame other than myself. My parents raised me in a VERY moral environment & lifestyle & set high standards. We were in church every time the doors opened & so far as I know, they practiced what they preached. That did not mean that I was a perfect child or teen. Like most teens I sowed my wild oats & as an adult I think I have lived a fairly respectable life. I've never been arrested or spent time in jail & so far as I know my lawbreaking career has been spent collecting speeding tickets. I even gave that up after it became too costly. Am I perfect? Absolutely NOT! I am a human & I make mistakes.
In the coming days I'm sure we will hear much more about Kaytlynn whether it be good or bad. I have lived long enough (78 years) that I have become a little jaded about the justice system. No doubt, defense attorneys will find witnesses who will testify about anything negative about Kaytlynn that they know or profess to know. We also need to remember that to SOME people, taking an oath on a Bible has no meaning whatsoever. As someone mentioned earlier the results of a tox test will tell us if she was using drugs at the time of her death. Regardless of what she was or wasn't doing, she was not deserving to be cruelly killed. Her family will have to sit through a trial enduring the unendurable; the testimony some of it probably damning, the likehood of defense attorneys attempting to smear her anyway they can, the pictures & description of injuries, & the possibly inappropriate actions of the suspect's family. I only mention this last possibility because I have a relative by marriage who is the aunt of a high profile murder victim. The judge can & will bang a gavel but that will not erase words uttered.