Ethan Couch, 'Affluenza' Teenager, Had Last Party Before Fleeing, Officials Say

Tarrant County, Texas, Sheriff Dee Anderson says Ethan Couch and his mother, Tonya Couch, had an apparent "going away party" before they fled to Mexico. Ethan Couch · 'Affluenza' teen Ethan Couch and his mother detained in Mexico, officials say.

Morning Headlines: Record-setting temps; Man shot by Lakeland police; 'Affluenza' teen detained. WFLA Web Staff Published: December 29, 2015, 5:51 am. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) · Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) 

Morning Headlines: Record-setting temps; Man shot by Lakeland police; 'Affluenza' teen detained. WFLA Web Staff Published: December 29, 2015, 5:51 am. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) · Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) 

Morning Headlines: Record-setting temps; Man shot by Lakeland police; 'Affluenza' teen detained. WFLA Web Staff Published: December 29, 2015, 5:51 am. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) · Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) 

His case quickly made national headlines twice: When a defense witness testified that he suffered from “affluenza,” too influenced by privilege and his parents' permissiveness to know right from wrong; and when a judge appeared to accept the argument