tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post6597653829396418023..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-70889355574697450822007-07-03T09:30:00.000-05:002007-07-03T09:30:00.000-05:00Anon 9:27, don't twist my words. If you read my post, I clearly state he returned to Owen Hall to "retrieve his coat from a dorm room where he had left it earlier and where he consumed alcohol with other students before heading to the party with those same students."Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-75609367455375524442007-07-03T09:27:00.000-05:002007-07-03T09:27:00.000-05:00<B>I encourage you to look at the diagrams in the report which show the layout of the utility vault as well as the tight space into which Steffey had to crawl and position himself to bring about the electrocution. Where he went once he got into the room is completely illogical.</B><BR/><BR/>I just read the report. Are you trying to spin something here? In your original blog post you stated "no witnesses reported seeing him drink" at the fraternity party, however the reports state he was seen drinking earlier in the day at 8:30. Not only that, witness statements and phone logs clearly shot a picture of "drunk dials" to me. My guess it that this was just a case of a drunk college kid who knew a back way into the dorm (the report confirms a door from the electrical room to the main area of the dorm). He likely tripped on wires in the room (most of these rooms do have large wires on the floor). Maybe his intoxication caused him to crawl into an area and when he tried to get up he was accidently electrocuted?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-49143617212488625082007-07-03T08:00:00.000-05:002007-07-03T08:00:00.000-05:00I encourage you to look at the diagrams in the report which show the layout of the utility vault as well as the tight space into which Steffey had to crawl and position himself to bring about the electrocution. Where he went once he got into the room is completely illogical.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-9787434169506907422007-07-03T07:40:00.000-05:002007-07-03T07:40:00.000-05:00Here, on a gay-oriented blog, 75 miles from Purdue, months later, from an anonymous 6 AM visitor, we get what is probably the most-plausible explanation yet:<BR/><BR/>In the dark, having found his way into a room, he's trying to find his way out, and accidentally sticks his finger into a socket.<BR/><BR/>It's logical, drunk or sober.<BR/><BR/>What is not logical is Purdue's miserable search attempts. And their lack of proper locks. And the time between his disappearance and discovery.<BR/><BR/>I still have a heavy heart for this kid's family. Seldom does so senseless a death get so much attention, some of it scandalous. <BR/><BR/>He died too soon. Let's just leave it at that, OK? I have a child at Purdue. I've written the administration and all trustees asking them to beef up their security in all ways.<BR/><BR/>Rest in peace, Wade Steffey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8039590929295470272007-07-03T06:00:00.000-05:002007-07-03T06:00:00.000-05:00The kid was only "legally intoxicated." That means he may or may not have been what most folks consider "drunk." Even with that, if the door was open, a small animal could have taken the shoe outside. Dogs smell things a lot better than we do, so there is no telling what animals had smelled and investigated the body.<BR/><BR/>As far as being electrocuted, while the opening was only .88, I have gotten shocked by home outlets with openings around .1" (if that). So he easily could have been electrocuted. Looking at the confined space area tells me that with most rooms like this, you get to enter "pitch black areas." My feeling is that he knew or thought there was another door on the other side of the room that opened into the dorm area. He got lost in the dark, may have been a little buzzed or even totally intoxicated, and while trying to feel around, his finger his this hole. With a bunch of kids, who were likely drinking themselves, maybe illegally, saying "I don't recall...", what do you expect. This is a notorious problem, especially if the host of the party knew underage kids were drinking or if your asking underage kids who were drinking themselves. Even though the likelyhood of arrest are slim, any statements they make could still be used against them for a code of conduct violation. No wonder they "don't recall" anything. There is also the issue of being outted. Given what some folks have said about Steffey on previous posts here, maybe they fear getting labled due to association. Considering there is no proof of those allegations, I am not going to go into anymore detail. I have also seen a lot of "if he were so drunk, how did he do x, y, and z." Well folks, there is a point when yes, getting too much alcohol will shut your body down, causing you to black/pass out. That being said, there is a large gap between that and being buzzed. It is just like the kid at Ball State. A witness saw the kid extremely drunk laying by a tree, so the relatives are saying there is no way he could have charged the officer. However, he obviously could walk, as he walked to the home. He also walked around the home and was trying to break into the door. So yes, you can be drunk enough to lose your shoe, but still move around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-69658972032705967432007-07-03T05:15:00.000-05:002007-07-03T05:15:00.000-05:00Well at least Griggs has a doctorate. In Marion County, we've got a freaking chropractor.<BR/><BR/>A bone cracker doing autopsies.<BR/><BR/>Lord help us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-81575422524678274072007-07-02T21:24:00.000-05:002007-07-02T21:24:00.000-05:00You have to be kidding? They had Dr. Allen "Ambulance Chaser" Griggs do the autopsy? The guy is not even a certified forensic pathologist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-30096140103160976252007-07-02T21:17:00.000-05:002007-07-02T21:17:00.000-05:00Sounds pretty plausible to me. What do you think really happened? Who's the grassy knoll shooter in this case?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04396326144115748778noreply@blogger.com