Erin Howard Did Not Learn Her Lesson
June 24, 2008 by Kathy
Corry, PA - This past June 14th was Erin Howard’s birthday. She chose to celebrate her special day the Wal-mart grade celebutante way…with some Seagrams and root beer and a bowl full of pot. Ah, good times! At least until Howard decided to top the night off with some good old drunk driving – with her 6 year old son in the car – who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. I’m betting you can guess what happened next.
In the late afternoon they were involved in a serious car accident. Howard lost control of the car and crashed into a creek bed. Though neither was wearing a seatbelt, Erin escaped with only neck and rib injuries. Her son, Samuel Carpenter, lost his life. Howard’s BAC was .139 two hours after the accident and she had no license to drive in Pennsylvania. The only driver’s license she held, from Ohio, was suspended.
Three days later, Erin was charged with involuntary manslaughter, drunken driving, child endangerment and other charges related to the crash. Normally the story would be over, but this is DD folks, so you know it ain’t.
Now, I think the death of someone’s child because of that person’s bad decisions would be enough to make most people change…at least for a little while. Seems that Erin is not “most people.”
The fine folks of Erie County granted a 24 hour furlough to Howard to attend her son’s funeral in Ohio. After the funeral she did what most grieving mothers whose children were killed in drunk driving accident where they were the driver. She headed to the bar. Wait. What?
A BAR, ladies and gentlemen. Erin Howard went to a bar after her son’s funeral. Did you get that?
Around 11 pm, Curtis Carpenter, Samuel’s father, received a call from a friend telling him that Howard had gone to a bar called Tailgators. He then called police.
A warrant was issued for third degree felony escape and she was arrested 340 miles away from where she was supposed to be, 9 hours after the time she was supposed to be there.
Jiminy crickets! Talk about thick skulled bitches! This woman’s face should be what you see when you look up “irresponsible idiot twat.” I believe the “rehabilitators” in the local prison really have their work cut out for them. Good luck with changing this bitch.
Thanks Mom of 4!
5:42 pm on June 24th, 2008
She should have gone to a bridge and jumped off. Bah….
6:32 pm on June 24th, 2008
Addiction can be wickedly powerful, and can be especially persuasive when you believe you’ve got nothing to live for. Not an excuse, of course – but I doubt her decision to hit the bar was solely the result of sheer callousness.
6:55 pm on June 24th, 2008
Ummm.. but to hit a bar 340 miles away from where she was supposed to be the next morning is probably not solely the result of sheer addiction, either. Just sayin’.
7:02 pm on June 24th, 2008
That goes without saying, Imp.
7:29 pm on June 24th, 2008
Well, yeah. Dead kid sob story’s got to be worth a few free rounds.
8:49 pm on June 24th, 2008
I’m in complete shock that they gave her a furlow to attend the funeral of her son….the son she killed by the stupid and irresponsible decision to drive drunk while he was in the car. Should have been her that was killed rather than a child.
2:32 am on June 25th, 2008
Dear Mr. Carpenter:
I don’t support violence, but I think the cops would have let you walk if you’d popped her in the face.
Yours,
CassieLovejoy
10:34 am on June 25th, 2008
F this trifling P.o.S. !
Rot in Pieces Ms. Howard
12:03 pm on June 25th, 2008
What a complete idiot this girl has to be.
I hope they lock her up and throw away the key.
4:21 pm on June 25th, 2008
I drink too, but I never get behind the wheel of a car. Not even after 1 beer. I know better. I don’t even go to bars. I drink at home alone. My mistake is emailing while intoxicated.
2:46 am on June 26th, 2008
I am surprised they didn’t excort her to the funeral home and straight back to pa. – I was unders the impression that the family pays a fee to have you escorted to intermediate family funeral such as a elderly parent.
Never had rootbeer and whiskey — sounds yucky –
neighborhood bar like CHEERS maybe?
hard to say what I might try If I knew I was headed to Jail Hell if I had drowned my child jumping off the bridge sounds far better then volunteerly going back to Pa. jail
10:36 am on June 26th, 2008
BTW, I didn’t know this until now…this article is The Dreamin’ Demon’s 1000th published article.
11:32 am on June 26th, 2008
1000th-way to go!!
2:36 pm on June 26th, 2008
@ Barbara: E-mailing under the influence never killed anybody yet
3:44 pm on June 26th, 2008
WooHoo Yeaah! Happy 1000 DD!
RIP Little Samuel,
Have fun in prison bitch!
8:01 pm on June 26th, 2008
Self centered egotistical bitch!!!
No respect at all for little Samuel, none what so ever!! Your ass may have been at the funeral, but you damn well should have been there! But you should have been in shackels and you should have been guarded. You have a problem, and we all can see it. Prison I am sure is not going to do a damn thing for you! You will probably walk out and hit the nearest bar!
I bet when you hit the bar you where doing shots in memory of Samuel!
Addicts can change..but that is only if they want too. By your actions, even killing your son hasn’t made you want to change..how much lower can you sink! Not too far in my eyes..you are already as low as a snakes belly.
10:34 pm on June 26th, 2008
1,000! Congratulations to one of the best sites on the Internet. That’s a lot of public shaming!
As to this story, I wonder that they let an addict go on her own to her son’s funeral. Did they really expect that she was going to come back sober? Corry, Pennsylvania, must be the naivete capital of the world.
5:12 pm on June 27th, 2008
Aww, I want to cry. Why don’t people realize that when they have children this part of their life is over? I mean, how many of these cases that we see here on DD involving drugs. Get a fucking clue people!
I want to cry!
9:35 am on July 1st, 2008
Addicts? What addict? I don’t see anything here about “she had delirium tremens and was seeing pink elephants and had to have a drink.” Many people go to bars after funerals–or have a drink back at the house within the context of a wake. Nothing uncommon about THAT part of the story.
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