re: Remembering Bethany And Her Family.

Dreamed about you & your babies last night. <3 Hope everyone is doing well.

We are all going to a wedding Saturday. It will be a drunkfest. I got a hotel room across the street. Lots of us did. You made me do it.

I had a question today, and really wanted to ask you.  

You are missed.

Praying that justice is served to the fullest extent of the law tomorrow, in your name.

The 25th was my dogs birthday and I know you had shepherds too, and I got to thinking how you are no longer with us and I’m not sure if you celebrated your dogs birthday’s or if I’m just weird like that, but your not here to celebrate your dogs birthdays or you children’s. I always try and tell people your story, to remind them not to get in there cars and drive drunk. God bless

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/NEWS02/233347443

Gagnon sentenced to 43 years in prison

An Adrian man who caused a drunken driving crash that killed five members of a Maryland family was sentenced to 43 years in prison Friday morning in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
Michael Gagnon, 24, pleaded no contest May 9 to five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated vehicular assault. He was convicted of driving the wrong way down I-280 on Dec. 30 and causing the crash that killed a mother and four of her children and seriously injured two other members of the family.

Gagnon was sentenced to seven years on each of the aggravated homicide charges and four years each on the assault charges and the judge ordered him to serve the sentences consecutively. Gagnon had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal driving limit in Ohio at the time of the crash. He faced a maximum of 50 years in prison.

The fatal accident occurred just before 11 p.m. Dec. 30 on southbound I-280 near the Manhattan Boulevard overpass. Police said Gagnon’s northbound pickup truck collided nearly head-on with the van being driven south by Danny Griffin, 36.

Killed in the crash were Bethany Griffin, 36; Jordan Griffin and Haley Burkman, both 10’ Lacie Burkman, 7; and Vadie Griffin, 8 weeks. Sydney Griffin, 8, and Mr. Griffin were hospitalized with injuries from the crash but have since been released.

A sixth child in the van, Beau Burkman, 8, received only minor injuries including bruising from the seat belt. His injuries did not result in any charges against Gagnon.

Thank you for posting that  

I miss you Bethany. I miss you so much.

Quoting Little♥Mermaid:“ Thank you for posting that   I miss you Bethany. I miss you so much.”

Your welcome

Here's another one with more detail. It just made me cry!! RIP - Bethany, Haley, Lacie, Vadie & Jordan - very sadly missed but NEVER forgotten!!

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/NEWS02/233347443/-1/NEWS

Gagnon sentenced to 43 years for 5 homicides

Danny Griffin was merging onto I-280 from I-75, heading home to Maryland after spending several days with family for the Christmas holidays, when he saw a pair of oncoming headlights.

"I jerked to the left and that was it," he said Friday, speaking for the first time about the crash that left five members of his family dead and two — including himself — severely injured. "I saw an opening in the van and I saw my wife on the road."

The man in the oncoming pickup truck was sentenced in Lucas County Common Pleas Court to 43 years in prison for causing the Dec. 30 drunken driving crash. Michael Gagnon, 24, of Adrian, was sentenced to seven years in prison each for five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and to four years in prison each for two counts of aggravated vehicular assault.


911 AUDIO/PHOTOS

HEAR: 911 audio
VIEW: I-280 crash photos
VIEW: Online memorial Judge Linda Jennings ordered them to be served consecutively. Gagnon faced a maximum of 50 years in prison.

Gagnon pleaded no contest to the charges May 9. He was convicted of driving the wrong way down I-280 on the late December night. He had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal driving limit in Ohio at the time of the crash.

In an emotional statement to the judge, Gagnon prayed for forgiveness from the families of the victims. Killed in the crash were Bethany Griffin, 36; Jordan Griffin and Haley Burkman, both 10; Lacie Burkman, 7; and Vadie Griffin, 8 weeks. Sydney Griffin, 8, and Mr. Griffin were hospitalized with injuries from the crash but have since been released.

A sixth child in the van, Beau Burkman, 8, received only minor injuries including bruising from the seat belt. His injuries did not result in any charges against Gagnon.

"We are gathered here today and some would think that my only concern is the term of my sentence," he said, reading from a written statement. "I will be serving a life sentence of guilt for the pain I’ve caused."

The fatal accident occurred just before 11 p.m. Dec. 30 on southbound I-280 near the Manhattan Boulevard overpass. Police said Gagnon’s northbound pickup truck collided nearly head-on with the van being driven south by Mr. Griffin.

Many of Gagnon’s family sobbed upon learning his sentence. Defense attorney Rick Sanders said the family is private and did not wish to speak to the media.

He added that the family believed that the focus should be put on the victims’ family.

Mr. Griffin, 36, said he has been speaking to high school students in the six months since the crash to help them understand the devastating impact of drinking and driving. He said that he relies on photographs of his family to remind him of their smiles but that those pictures don’t speak, play, or comfort him.

"…The holes that are left in our hearts will never heal," he said. "They all will always be on our minds and missed daily. We will only be able to remember the past, grasp the memories, and hold them close to our hearts."

Thinking of you all today...especially since the guy that did this to you was just sentenced. I think about Vadie all the time.. everything Ava does makes me think that you would be posting how Vadie had just done it too. God bless you all up there...

i saw the news today...........i still think about your babies, and you
...............and i cry, and my heart hurts for you...............and i feel so stange because i only knew you from what i read on here, and from the pictures that you posted

..........you're all alive in our memories
and missed greatly

I do feel sorry for you, God bless you with help.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=37266879



did anyone see this or post it? if you did i'm sorry i posted it.

The videos are so hard to watch.

Quoting _Tylers Mommy_:“ The videos are so hard to watch.”

  It made me cry, then Iwant to vomit.    
I was the combination of sadness and sickness of loosingBethany and the girls!