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Posted by STEVE47 (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 8:21 a.m.

This is sad and where were the parents - BRATS with regards for life!

Posted by jw_smj (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 8:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Why does the same picture appear twice?

Posted by subwayguy (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 9:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I think they made the wrong choice they should of took him to the hospital to seek medical attention maybe he would still be here today.

Posted by vjones (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 9:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

if they were afraid, they could have at least left him at the hospital and called or even left him at the school and then called the hospital. so many options.

Posted by seminoles83 (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 9:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It is the laws that are making the teenagers afraid to speak out. Unlike Mr. Vold I blame the police as well as the politicians. Alot of the police do not take the time to talk with the teen first. They are too anxious to slap the handcuffs on them and throw them in jail. If the teenagers felt like they could trust and talk to the police they would probably be more willing to talk.

Posted by churchpatty (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 10:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

He drank himself to death and now it is somehow the fault of the police and others that they were afraid to talk to anyone. It's amazing that 50 College leaders have been pushing to have the drinking age lowered to 18 so the kids will not binge drink when they hit college. Let's see if we did drop it to 18 then the 19 year old that died would have been recognized as intelligent enough to both buy and consume alcohol and he would have bought for his buddies.

Don't get me wrong because I had a lot of friends that drank behind the High School but I never drank until I had been in Vietnam. I was a lookout for my buddies and we made sure that everyone was alright. In this case the one kid died due to the negligence of his buddies. That also means the driver of the vehicle was drinking and driving plus if they were drinking 150 proof Rum he was a very drunk driver.

As usual though it is somehow someone else's fault that this happened because someone else should have done the thinking for these kids. The father must not have cared about his kid because he goes out and blames the laws.

Posted by cavman1 (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 10:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If he was smoking weed instead he'd still be alive. Laws are so strict.

Posted by afflatus (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 10:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I have to agree with cavman1. The kids are at fault for breaking the law. Further, it wasn't drinking a little that killed this kid, it was drinking to excess with careless friends.

Changing the drinking age will not prevent kids from drinking to excess. Parenting and supervision will.

Posted by fighterDC (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 10:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I wouldn't blame the legal system for the bad decisions teenagers make. These were children. Who trusts a 16yo to make life/death decisions wisely? I certainly don't. Besides, the penalties for underage drinking for a 16yo are generally loss of a driving priviledges or education programs. They're not sending these kids to Leavenworth for crying out loud. I worked in a Hospital ER and I can assure you that I don't know anyone who would call the police to nail a kid for bringing a friend to the hospital in a case like this. What really failed was the parents who immediately blame the laws rather than doing their part to educate their kids on alcohol, responsibility and trust. (Seriously - what next, teaching kids how to drink in High School? Shots 101?)

Posted by mwcob (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 10:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Lock em' up....thugs!

Posted by FloridaCitizen (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 11:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)

We need the Laws in this country. Without them we would be lost. So, when something happens to you or someone you love it is not the Laws fault but the fault of training your children at a very young age the difference between right and wrong. And just hope that some of it stay with them.

Posted by mattyboo615 (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 11:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If he passed out they should of took him staight to the hospital instead of to a school ground ........... mabye he would of lived if they took him to the hospital

Posted by sammydancer (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 11:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

They screwed up. But they would defintiely be charged with something.

What they should have done was drop the kid off at a hospital and refuse to talk to police until their parents / lawyer was present.

Now they have a felony charge. I doubt their concealment chaqrge will hold as they essentially didn't try to conceal it. They left it somewhere. Lat time I checked, kids weren't educated on where to properly dispose of a body.

Posted by bradmoser (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 11:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Let's see - a teenager drops out of school, moves in with friends, and then his parents move away. File this one under Recipe For Disaster. Interesting how the father casts blame all around but never admits that he was not there for his son and is a lousy parent.

Posted by realist2 (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 12:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Not to offer up an excuse for these two youths behavior/decision(s), but perhaps an explanation. We should be mindful of the fact that our brains don't fully develop until we reach the mid-twenties, usually age 25. The brain develops from the back to the front, the LAST part of the brain to develop is the prefrontal lobe, the area responsible for making executive functions, reasoning, decisions, weighing consequences. (This is a chief reason why we have an adult and juvenile justice system.) The early and adolescent use of alcohol and drugs pushes our brain development back even farther, and raises the risk of addiction and a continuation of poor decisions.

IMHO, in light of the circumstances it would be a poor adult decision to tarnish theses young men’s lives and futures with a felony conviction.

They should be held accountable, and part of that process could include having them share their experience in this matter coupled with the information noted above.

Posted by valskeet (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 12:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree with Realist2. These kids did what they did, not out of fear of the consequences but because their parents dropped the ball in teaching them responsibility for their actions. Kids have always done stupid things, and always will. Unless and until we teach responsibility to our kids, the stupid things they do will increase in severity.

Also, I find it very scary that people automatically blame government and say that laws can't fix "innate problems of society" then turn right around and BAN things they disagree with! Hypocrisy rages all around.

Stupid parents beget stupid kids.

Posted by svalentini (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 12:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

THIS IS JUST PLAIN SAD OBVIOUSLY THEY WEREN'T FRIENDS FOR THEM TO JUST DUMP HIM LIKE TRASH... RIP

Posted by divaduhh10 (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree, it's everyone's fault exzcept the idiot 19 year old who drank himself to death. Also, the two retards, er friends have no responsibility whatsoever in this either. When my friends die, I too leave their bodies in various parking lots. Not my fault though, it's our society that is screwed up though apparently not in Norway according to Dad.

Posted by terry.dorn (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

WHO MOVES TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND DOESN'T TAKE THEIR KIDS. SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR KID. IF THE PARENTS WERE CONCERNED IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THEIR SON. HE WAS ONLY 19. WE ALL KNOW THAT MOST MEN DAM NEAR MATURE @ 40. THEY STILL ACT LIKE KIDS UNTIL AROUND THAT AGE. SO, YOU DO THE MATH, DO YOU REALLY BELEIVE THAT HIS PARENTS CARED IF THEY MOVED TO ANOTHER STATE AND LEFT HIM BEHIND. EVEN IF HE WANTED TO STAY. I KNOW HE COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF HIS SELF. SO YOU WOULD LEAVE HIM TO BE SOMEONE ELSE'S RESPONCIBILITY. THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH SOME PARENTS, THEY BLAME EVERYONE BUT THEIR SELVES, WHEN IT'S NOBODIES FAULT BUT YOUR OWN FOR NOT TEACHING YOUR KID TO DRINK RESPONCIBLY.

Posted by kharling (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 2:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It appears that many of the commentators to this article need to get a refresher course in reading comprehension. The first paragraph of the article clearly states, and I quote, "Two teenagers panicked one night in June when their friend passed out after drinking too much hard liquor and died, so they took his body to a Loudoun County elementary school parking lot and left it there". Note the sentence states the friend passed out and died (operative word), so they took "the body"... Taking the body to the hospital for disposal would have been the right thing to do, but it would have not made a difference to the deceased.

Posted by devilboy (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 2:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Kharling.... USE SPELLCHECK!!!

Posted by clibbybaseball (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 4:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

At 19 he's legally an adult, and his parents could (and did) legally let him live as an adult, to fend for himself.
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The gene pool has a way of taking care of itself, thinning the heard, as it where.
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Papa can lash out at whoever he likes ... (But he looks foolish doing so)

Posted by OhTheHumanity (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 4:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am horrified by many of these commentaries. How mean-spirited and judgmental so many people are! So many people make so little effort toward understanding others with empathy. Yes, there might be some lessons this tragedy could offer; and yes, people might disagree about what those lessons are. But it would be nice if we lived in a world where people could speculate about that respectfully, all while leaving the victims alone or wishing them well. We have no idea what nuances were at work in those people's lives. A father has lost his son. That alone makes him worthy of condolences. He is a human being and deserves human sympathy. I pray the people in this forum find their humanity and learn to access a little compassion.

When you point your finger at someone else, there are three fingers pointing right back at you.

Posted by ghkeen (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 5:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yeah, I mean really, could they not drop him off at home?

Kids are lazy

Posted by bradmoser (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 6:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I point my finger in hopes that someone pulls on it.

Posted by bradmoser (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 6:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I would like to know what would cause someone to drop out of school with about six weeks until graduation? Strange. And why wouldn't his guidance counselor encourage him to stay in school.

Posted by livingloco (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 7:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Those two kids don't have any common sense..it would have told them they had committed no crime and to take their friend to a hospital...even if they had dropped him off and left that would have been better than taking him somewhere else and leaving him....Sad part about all of this is those boys will not spend one day in a juvenile or adult facility for this...

Posted by pentagon40 (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 8:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The whole thing is sad , the lost of one young boy and the two lives of the other boys distroyed forever

Posted by jdsherbu (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 9:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

First of all, he obviously died in the car. If he were merely passed out, they would have let him sleep in the back seat, even overnight, or at worst, dumped him in his parents' backyard.

I don't blame those kids. I don't blame them for drinking (though to excess), and I don't blame them for dumping the body.

Look at all the innocent people in prison (as revealed by new DNA tests). Those kids had every reason to be afraid they'd be charged with manslaughter. After all, didn;t Bush replace all the U.S. Attorneys with jingoistic, religious-fanatic idiots? Well it's even worse the more local you get.

My experience in compulsively telling the truth has led to disaster after disaster. If we lived in the 23rd century aboard the USS Enterprise, then I'd be honest all the time. But we live in a primitive, superstitious age where the laws range from perverse to bizarre, particularly the ones enacted by repuglicans.

Look at the pot laws. A felony for something that every FDA scientist knows is "as harmless as a drug can be". How do I know that? Because I used to be friends with lots of FDA scientists, and that's a direct quote. Many of them get high themselves. In fact, I don't know a SINGLE person who has never gotten high.

Another thing my FDA friends told me is that when tests were done in the 60s to see how much pot impaired driving, they discovered that it actually IMPROVES driving, but that result was suppressed by the repuglican government.

No, I don't blame those kids at all. Screwed-up, wrong laws lead to people to defensively do screwed up, wrong things, like abandoning a body.

-- faye kane, homeless brain
Read more of my smartmouth opinions at http://blog.myspace.com/fayekane

Posted by FayeKane_HomelessSmartypants (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 9:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Gee! And marijuana has killed NO ONE, and is against the law!

Time to get our priorities in order, people! Do we want our young people stoned, or dead? Think about it!

And isn't it a strange thing that at 19 years old, he's old enough to carry a rifle in Baghdad, but not old enough to carry a drink in America!

Oh! By the way! See, kids, what happens when your demographic doesn't vote?

Get yourselves registered and fight for your rights! THEN the insurance companies, and M.A.D.D. won't be able to take them away!

Posted by stoney13 (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 9:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am *very* impressed that someone managed to blame Bush for this - that takes some serious talent. Now, bonus round: tie it to Halliburton! Extra credit if you use the word "neocon" or point out how it allll comes back to racism!!

Posted by Justthefacts (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 10:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Check paragraph 4-5: "After he passed out, he was driven to a house and left in the car, while others went inside, authorities said.

Later, Vold was found dead in the car, and rather than call for help, the two teenagers drove his body to Little River Elementary School..."

Just wanted to point out that there is a possibility that this young man could have survived if he had received medical attention instead of being left in the back of the car. Obviously, there was poor judgement on everyone's part. Either the friends did not comprehend (due to drunkness, inexperience) the danger their friend was in or they were afraid to get help because they would be busted for under age drinking.
The loss of this young man is tragic. He was someone's child and the mistakes he made won't diminish the grief for his family and friends.

Posted by momof2 (anonymous) on October 8, 2008 at 11:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Alcohol is a great pastime for kids, right?
Maybe they should have stuck to Xbox or Basketball instead...Binge drinking is a problem in this country; tell kids it's NOT OK to binge drink, ever, instead of advising that they should be "supervised" or "should've done the right thing and taken him to the hospital/authorities" whilst killing their brains and livers.

Posted by psg1mgs2s (anonymous) on October 9, 2008 at 1:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

read the story you idiots. HE WAS ALREADY DEAD when they came out to the car to get him. He had passed out. If everyone who passed out from drinking was taken to the hospital, pretty much every ER near a college campus, and a bar, and a town would be filled with passed out drunks. Do you rush to the ER every time you get a paper cut? No. Do you rush to the ER every time someone passes out from drinking too much? No.

Posted by charger1234 (anonymous) on October 9, 2008 at 2:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I have suggested the removal of some of the negative, direct, comments regarding Peter Vold's parents. I live in Charleston, SC and I am very close to the Peter Vold's parents. As a single father of a special needs child I have never met more dedicated, educated, and wonderful parents such as the Volds. At 19 years old a teenager (though legally a man), has the right to make his own decisions. The Volds had taught their son in the most understanding, and loving ways about the consequences of life. Peter Vold had positive influence on those who were fortunate to know him. He was a good samaritan by stopping and helping those in need, and brought smiles to many faces. The Vold's wanted, and encouraged their son to move to South Carolina, however he was determined to stay with his friends and begin

Posted by garnerbennett (anonymous) on October 9, 2008 at 6:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Unbelievably irresponsible and callous behavior on the part of this young man's "friends".

Posted by ceefer66 (anonymous) on October 10, 2008 at 3:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

they should have seeked help,they shouldn't have been drinking but they were.no one is to blame for his death.as teen they thought he had pasted out from drinking.like all kid they was trying to avoid trouble from their parents.they have been punished enought they lost a friend to alcohol drinking that went wrong,this is something that will be with them for life or most of it.they didn't do a crime they were afraid.they will pay for it for a long time

Posted by jeanwilkins (anonymous) on October 11, 2008 at 8:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Yes his so called friends could have taken him to the hospital, but he was over 18 and new what he was doin he should have been a lil more responsible I don't think it should be blame on anyone everything happens for a reason and now maybe those minors will think before they put another bottle to their lips.

Posted by klc (anonymous) on October 13, 2008 at 1:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

This man was a friend of mine and i do wish that he was still with us today. Yes he should have none what his limit was but come on we are young and stupid but thats not the point. the point is don't be afraid of what might happen legally, which would be better you spending the night in jail or your friend dieing.
Peter died 100 yards from my house so it really hit home. i dont no why they chose the school but i do no that they were going to throw his body in the pond that they were at. in my opinon the people responsable for this should have to go threw the same thing he did. and these people are still at my school nothing happened to them charges where dropped no nothing and the sad thing is not very many people no about this at all and the people live there lives like nothing happened

Peter this is to you where ever you all we all remember!

Posted by narfnader99 (anonymous) on April 14, 2009 at 11:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)