Tragedy results from unchecked alcoholism.
Alcoholic victims of the month:
Jonathan and Susan Maloney, ages 45 and 42, along with their two children, victims of alcoholism while alive and dead. After they were killed when broadsided by Steven Culbertson, 19, their home was burglarized. Culbertson, who later died, already had at least one DUI on his record and was seen drinking at a Petaluma, California bar shortly before he ran a red light at 70 to 90 mph. A few days later, shortly after their home was ransacked, sheriff’s deputies arrested Amber Marie True, 29, after pulling her over for a routine traffic stop and finding a credit card belonging to Susan Maloney in her possession. After finding other items owned by the Maloney’s in her car, detectives tracked down True’s boyfriend, Michael Vincent Gutierrez, 26, who was found driving the Maloney family’s Nissan 350Z. After executing a search warrant, a slew of jewelry, electronics, financial records and other items were found. Note the financial records part: Gutierrez, no stranger to the law, has a pending case in which he was arrested as a felon in possession of a firearm, stolen property and—no surprise—methamphetamine. Some authorities estimate that upwards of 60% of identity theft is committed by meth addicts. There’s also no question they are responsible for many of the craziest and most horrific behaviors. Burglarizing the home of a family in which all have recently died should qualify.