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I thought the friends were totally irrelevant. I imagine there were many people who wanted nothing to do with this. They had to use whoever was willing.

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Posted by Diana1215

I'm so sad that we'll never know the truth.

I want to know what was said in those phone conversations. Why didn't they make the police aware that they were dealing with a possible drunk driver? They didn't stress the urgency.

People who knew Diane said she was a wonderful person. Just goes to show you that we never know what goes on behind closed doors.

I know that after this story no one will drive my children besides myself, my husband, and my parents. You just never know.

This tragedy could have been avoided. Those poor babies. Those poor innocent men.

I am right there with you Diana. It's so sad.

I actually think the reason they didn't make the police aware that they were dealing with a possible drunk driver is because they didn't think she was drunk. I think it supports the claims that people who knew her didn't know her to drink. I have to believe if they thought she was drunk they would have been screaming it with their children in the car.

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Why would the husband agree to have those pictures shown?

Why would Jay read that private letter that Jackie Hance wrote to her son? Jay bugged me the entire time but once she read that letter I was so turned off. That was obviously a very private letter and not meant for everyone to hear.

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I am watching now and I don't know.... All these theories - I kind of think that she just went on a bender the night before, was very hungover on the way home and thought maybe a little hair of the dog that bit her might help. She started to get loaded again, smoked a joint and just started blacking out. It seems pretty cut and dry to me.

I feel bad for this family because it probably was out of character but I know a lot of people who have done some really out of character things while highly intoxicated. I don't think she sought out to get loaded on that ride home but I think that's probably what happened.

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I just watched this my heart is broken. I can't, I can't, I just can't. Those poor babies. The way they died, no one deserves it. They had no chance. I can't even imagine the fear they felt in the last moments of their short, sweet lives. Whether or not Diane was a great person or not, the evil that she did on that day is inexcusable.

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I finally watched this yesterday and was crying throughout. Those poor children and men.

The father to me seems like a P O S. I hate saying that since he has that beautiful little boy, but some of the things he said and did have me puzzled. The aunt--she seems to love Diane, but it's probably an act for the camera.

The marijuana thing is what makes me confused. EVEN if she drank the vodka for her "abcess" pain, WHEN did she smoke??? And those older girls who must have watched her drink and smoke must have been scared out of their minds. They trusted their aunt.

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I finally watched last night.

I may be in the minority, but I really want to believe the husband. If that was my DH and I, I would not rest until I could clear DH's name. I would not want the world to see him as a monster drunk driver with 5 kids in the car if I truly believed something medical happened to him. The way the husband is insistent that she would never do that sounds exactly how I would sound if I was in his shoes.

I just feel that if this woman truly was an alchoholic, a pothead or suicidal SOMEONE, anyone, would have come forward by now to say that. She clearly had a lot of family and friends who loved her and they portray her like any other person I know. I don't have any explanation for the alchohol or pot, but I just can't believe this woman would intentionally do this. I also feel like if the Hances knew his sister had a propensity for drinking or smoking, that would have been mentioned in one of the 911 calls but the concern was a medical issue. But who knows? Maybe the Hances aren't coming forward with what they knew about the sister out of respect for her and her surviving son? I don't know. We'll never know. It's a terrible tragedy.

I just hope that precious little boy finds happiness and success in every aspect of his life.

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she may not have been an alcoholic or pothead per se but she did have high levels of THC and the equivalent to 10 drinks in her system at the time of the accident, maybe they were drinking and smoking all night at the campsite, who knows but the facts are there, I don't believe there could be anything that went medically wrong with a toxicology report that shows alcohol and pot in her system.

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I finally watched this last night after hearing so much about it (thx for the heads up on the body btw - I totally shut my eyes that whole scene!)

This whole thing makes no sense. Now I have never personally done any drugs or abused alcohol and haven't really had anyone close to me do so - so maybe I am missing something but, I just don't understand ---

- how could someone that had THIS BIG of a problem that they would drive like this with 5 kids in the car have never shown any signs of this. NO ONE seemed to have any clue - even an inkling. And, as a mom I can tell you there is NO WAY her brother and SIL would have EVER entrusted their kids to her if they had any idea at all. And, after she died I'm sure there was a huge investigation into her life and NOTHING seems to have been turned up?

- how was she acting SO normal for so long until she drove the wrong way - leaving the camp site, in the McDonalds, the drug store etc - everyone they interviewed said she seemed perfectly sober and normal. so, she went from NO evidence of alcohol consumption (and if she was heavily drinking the night b/f she would have wreaked of it) - to having 10 plus drinks in her and drugs?

- how was she driving perfectly straight, not swerving etc. yet, she was driving the wrong way for almost 2 miles at top speed?

- what about her son? this is the one thing I don't get the most. her DS was 5 - mine is almost 4 and he can give you a play by play of our day without missing a beat, down to what everyone is wearing. he would have been able to tell me everything that went on that day. This leads me to belive there is ALOT more to this story than ANYONE is saying. At first I thought that maybe he didn't remember the accident b/c of the injury but, the SIL (don't get me started on her) said he does talk about the accident and just says mommy's head hurt and she couldn't see. Didn't he notice the drinking? If there was a fight b/w her and her DH he would have seen that? Couldn't he tell us what she was saying in the car or what the girls were saying etc? Doesn't make sense!

- WTH is the SIL who is NOT related to ANYONE involved in this narrating the whole show??? Honestly, I think it made the whole show pretty worthless. It makes no sense to me why HBO would proceed with this when strangers were the only ones REALLY participating. THe SIL is a media hungry LOON on top of it!

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Does anyone know if you can watch this any other place but HBO?

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Posted by itsbabytime

I won't quote the whole thing because what you wrote was really long.

I think the reason I'm so obsessed with this story is because it just makes no sense. I agree with you on everything you wrote here... I also agree with FirstMate too. My DH would be doing everything he could to try and clear my name if he thought it was not in my character to do this and I would do the same for him.

As for the pot in her system, is it possible that she smoked it the night before and it would still be in her system the next day? I've never smoked before so I really don't know much about it.

The alcohol, she apparently had 6 ounces of un-metabolized liquor in her stomach which means that she drank A LOT and FAST. So I believe that she wasn't drunk when she left the campground. Somewhere along the way she chugged that vodka. That's why deep down inside, I feel like something must have happened to her brain to cause confusion or something. Because any other explanation is too hard for me to grasp. My heart bleeds for her son. He is the one who has to live with all of this and a wacky father. I will admit, something is off about him... but like I said before, imagine all of this happening to you, all the speculation, all of the finger pointing. That's gotta mess you up a little bit. So maybe he's acting funny because of all the stuff that's happened. I don't know.

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I can't see how she didn't have an alcohol habit- to ingest that much vodka and still be able to get into a car, be able to turn it on, etc. Half that amount would have me throwing up and immobile. Her DH worked nights and it would be possible for her to drink after putting the kids to bed, and keep it from him.

I also remember reading something, maybe in the NY Mag piece from a while back, that she was on the phone with someone for several hours one night while at the campsite, leading to speculation that maybe she was involved in an affair. But no other info was ever released about that, who she was talking to, etc.

I don't have HBO but I don't think I could handle watching the program anyway.

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I'm so confused
Jay is the sister in law who is not related to anyone? She is a family friend?
I have to catch this.

Being that she had issues of abandonment and the need to be a supermom maybe she was a closeted alcoholic and just no one knew.

This family has alot of secrets I'm pretty sure. They should get together with the Anthonys.