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proud2BlibKansan

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Reply to niyad (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:30 PM

Jan 2013

Belcher’s blood-alcohol level at his death indicates his level could have been .22 or higher when officers encountered him in his car. Police generally assume a person eliminates about .01 of alcohol per hour, which is a conservative estimate.

The police case file, released last month, detailed Belcher and Perkins’ problems as a couple, how Belcher’s mother and the Chiefs tried to help them, and Belcher’s activities before the killings.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/14/4010286/autopsy-belcher-was-drunk-when.html#storylink=cpy#storylink=cpy

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Autopsy: Belcher’s blood-alcohol level was .17 when he shot Perkins [View all] proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 OP

He had a secret girlfriend only 3 months after his girlfriend gives birth? Boomerproud Jan 2013 #1

Apparently so. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #3

welcome to DU. and, of course, we do not know how long he had been seeing this other person. niyad Jan 2013 #5

I heard he had leased it. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #9

so if his blood alcohol level was at.17 FIVE HOURS after the cops saw him, what in the world niyad Jan 2013 #2

.22 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #4

thanks--I figured it had to be well above .2. niyad Jan 2013 #6

Grandparents are fighting for custody proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #14

whoever has or gets custody, I hope the court appoints a g.a.l. for her money niyad Jan 2013 #16

I am skeptical sad-cafe Jan 2013 #23

Sure sounds like it. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #24

more like they want the money. sad-cafe Jan 2013 #26

So is it a gun related statistic or an alcohol related event? NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #7

why can't it be listed as both, and why would you label it propoganda? he was drunk, he did use niyad Jan 2013 #11

You're right, it should be listed as both, and a mea culpa: NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #17

thank you. I couldn't get through the thread to which you linked. niyad Jan 2013 #19

Perhaps he consumed the alcohol after the cops saw him, HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #8

While he was asleep? proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #10

In his car, HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #12

The cops found him sitting in his car before he went inside and went to sleep. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #13

Wow, that is awful on so many fronts... NotThisTime Jan 2013 #15

Was Joe Montana ever arrested during any of the DV calls to his house? REP Jan 2013 #18

I don't believe he was. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #20

Yet those calls and his battering are well-known ... REP Jan 2013 #25

Alas this is hardly an isolated incident mythology Jan 2013 #21

Yep. Between the jolts to his brain and the performance enhancing drugs, proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #22