BREAKING NEWS: New details in Katlyn Long investigation

suspicious wrote:

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The victim had no known history of using the drug. No sign of the drug was found at her residence. Her ex had an argument with her that day and allegedly vandalized her vehicle. He then returned to her residence, was with her continuously, and less than nine hours later, she was dead.
Call me suspicious, but does this strike anyone else as slightly more than coincidental? Unfortunately, he is not willing to give a statement.
He does have the right to remain silent, but in this case his silence screams out his guilt. If he truly cared anything for her, he would freely tell all he knows in hopes the truth would come out. Unless, of course, he knows the truth and knows it would convict him.
This case will not be solved with any help from him. It will rely on someone with a conscience to come forward and say what they know about the case, about the ex, about where the methadone came from, about something the ex may have carelessly said to them.
Someone out there is very bothered by the knowledge they have about this case, knowledge that would solve the case and provide answers for the family. They deserve to know the truth. You need to clear your conscience.
If you feel bad now, how do you think you will feel the next time an innocent person dies because you withheld information that would bring the person responsible to justice?

wow wrote:

He didn't do it. I know for a fact she popped pills all the time in High school. Her choice of drug was Vicadin back then. She also smoked pot all the time. She was a big stoner. I think she accidently over doesed and her parents need someone to blame so he is the scape goat and I feel soo bad for him.

get on it wrote:

Seems to me they should look into his past ex girlfriends. I know of one that was in a relationship with him that was not so good. Digging up ones past might find a pattern!

truth_seeker wrote:

Facts about methadone:
"The chief serious hazard associated with this opioid when used for pain management is respiratory depression. What makes this particular opioid more problematic than most is that accumulation to steady state can take a week or more. This slow approach to steady state levels brings with it the possibility that side effects can also appear slowly. In the majority of cases, the drug is administered to outpatients; therefore, the patients are unmonitored as the drug accumulates. Specific populations such as the elderly or those prone to abuse of medications may be at particular risk for delayed respiratory depression caused by methadone. Data strongly support the notion that methadone's slow accumulation can have lethal consequences. For example, Sims et al.1 found that the number of methadone deaths increased 1,770% from 1997 to 2003."
Translation: this drug is dangerous because it metabolates very very slowly, so slowly that this young woman could have taken what would eventually become a fatal overdose many hours before she and her ex-boyfriend spent the night together.

Katlyns Aunt Joanne wrote:

I'm sure the toxicology can tell how much and when.

truth_seeker wrote:

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Really?
Since there's no way to test her metabolic rate with this particular drug, and since the rate is varies for everyone, and since some of the first dose could have still been in her system when she o.d., please tell us how any toxicologist would be able to pinpoint how much methadone she took and when?

truth_seeker wrote:

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Really?
Since there's no way to test her metabolic rate with this particular drug, and since the rate is varies for everyone, and since some of the first dose could have still been in her system when she o.d., please tell us how any toxicologist would be able to pinpoint how much methadone she took and when?

Horse Lover wrote:

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It was a lethal dose. There was no sign of it in Katlyn's room. The ex-boyfriend was with her for several hours or more before she died. If it metabolizes slowly, at some point wouldn't the ex-boyfriend have noticed she was in some sort of distress and called for help?
And why did he take so long to make a statement? He should have been eager to clear himself.
Also, what do you mean "some of the FIRST dose could have still been in her system when she OD'd." Are you saying there was more than one dose? Why would you think that?

truth_seeker wrote:

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Saying it was a "lethal dose" means absolutely nothing because whether or not a dose is lethal depends on the individual's body chemistry and how fast they metabolize this particular drug.
Drug mfgs have been heavily marketing methadone under different brand names as a pain medication for over ten years. It is one of the cheapest and most widely prescribed pain pills in the U.S. which means if she didn't have a prescription herself, she could have gotten some pills from a friend or even a family member.
"Public Health Advisory
The FDA issued a public health advisory in November 2006 to provide patients and their caregivers and health care professionals with safety information to prevent serious complications from methadone use. The advisory stated: "Prescribing methadone is complex. Methadone should only be prescribed for patients with moderate to severe pain when their pain is not improved with other non-narcotic pain relievers. Pain relief from a dose of methadone lasts about 4 to 8 hours. However, methadone stays in the body much longer, from 8 to 59 hours after it is taken. As a result, patients may feel the need for more pain relief before methadone is gone from the body. Methadone may build up in the body to a toxic level if it is taken too often, if the amount taken is too high, or if it is taken with certain other medications or supplements."
http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs25/25930/index....

truth_seeker wrote:

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because whether or not a dose is lethal depends on the individual's body chemistry and how fast they metabolize this particular drug.
Drug mfgs have been heavily marketing methadone under different brand names as a pain medication for over ten years. It is one of the cheapest and most widely prescribed pain pills in the U.S. which means if she didn't have a prescription herself, she could have gotten some pills from a friend or even a family member.
"Public Health Advisory
The FDA issued a public health advisory in November 2006 to provide patients and their caregivers and health care professionals with safety information to prevent serious complications from methadone use. The advisory stated: "Prescribing methadone is complex. Methadone should only be prescribed for patients with moderate to severe pain when their pain is not improved with other non-narcotic pain relievers. Pain relief from a dose of methadone lasts about 4 to 8 hours. However, methadone stays in the body much longer, from 8 to 59 hours after it is taken. As a result, patients may feel the need for more pain relief before methadone is gone from the body. Methadone may build up in the body to a toxic level if it is taken too often, if the amount taken is too high, or if it is taken with certain other medications or supplements."
http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs25/25930/index....