Heather Ann Tucci, an 18-year-old motorist accused of swigging vodka just before a crash in August that killed two of her friends, refused to talk with investigators about what happened.
But she apparently opened up on MySpace, admitting the crash was “my fault” and taking “full responsibility” for the deaths.
Now authorities are aiming to use those words against her. Investigators have obtained a search warrant to get records from MySpace to confirm that Tucci authored the posting.
Tucci is charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide in the Aug. 19 wreck in White Bear Township. The one-car crash killed passenger Joseph Murphy Renner, 19, and Joseph E. Shafer, 19.
Tucci also was charged with criminal vehicular operation in connection with injuries her best friend, Samantha Eileen Ziebell, 18, suffered.
According to a criminal complaint, Tucci was drinking from a bottle of vodka while driving south on Everton Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. Authorities said she failed to make a sharp left turn onto 120th Street on the east side of Bald Eagle Lake and struck a tree.
Tucci was found to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.12 percent, according to the complaint. The legal limit is 0.08 percent. Marijuana also was found in the car, according to a Ramsey County sheriff’s investigator.
MySpace, a popular social-networking Web site, has a page with Tucci’s full name, date of birth and picture. Her profile includes the headline “RIP Renner and Shafer – I love you.”
A posting on the site states:
“I just want to let everyone know August 19 2006 Joe Renner and Joe Shafer died and me and Samatha were hurt. I’m sure a lot of you really don’t give a (expletive) about me. Fine whatever you have your reasons I don’t blame you but really think about it. Both of them knew what they were getting in to. Yes it’s my fault because I was the driver but think about how many of you did what I did. Now don’t get me wrong I take full responsability (sic) for everything that happened…. I never ment (sic) to do this. Like I said please learn from what I did.
Thanks to the article we also have Heather Tucci’s MySpace.
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