The Justine Winter Case
As the mother of teenagers as I watched (and researched) a show on this case and was truly touched. I always try to remember when my own teenagers react to things that I too was once a teenager and just how "traumatic" everything seemed to be. As with most parents I also tend to remember how as a teenager I did not have technology and things that are available to teens now days. This case is a story of texting and driving, but it is also so much more. On March 19, 2009 in Montana, 16 year old Justine Winter was arguing with her boyfriend through text messaging when she crossed the center line in her vehicle and hit a car containing pregnant wife and mother, Erin Thompson and her 13 year old son Caden Odell. The argument had started over something stupid, at least by adult standards. It was over the fact that her boyfriend, Ryan discovered Justine had dated a friend of his in the past and he was jealous. Throughout the text messages she stated sh...