Posed For Selfies With Dead Friend

[Jazzy]

Authorities in southwest Missouri say Chelsie Berry and Jared Prier posed for a selfie with the body of a friend who died from a drug overdose.

Berry, 24 and Prier, 26, are charged with voluntary manslaughter and abandonment of a corpse in the death of 30-year-old Dennis "Nathan" Meyer.

The pair was taken into police custody on Wednesday, after a tipster alerted police to Facebook photos that allegedly show Berry and Prier posing with Meyer's body, police said.

According to a probable-cause affidavit obtained by The Smoking Gun, Berry told police she was hanging out with Meyer on the night of August 21, when he injected himself with the painkiller Dilaudid, a narcotic pain reliever.

"Chelsie stated that Nathan shot the Dilaudid up into his vein and started acting 'crazy' by pulling his penis out and saying strange things," the arrest affidavit reads.

Berry told police Meyer's bizarre behavior made her nervous, so she called Prier, who met up with them a short time later. Berry, according to the affidavit, said she hung out in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant, while Myer was “passed out” in the vehicle they were using.

The trio later drove to a convenience store, at which time they allegedly checked on Meyer and discovered he was not breathing, police said.

Berry allegedly told police she was afraid to call an ambulance for Meyer because she and Prier were "high on meth and Xanax."

Instead of getting help, the pair posed for a “selfie” with Meyer before moving his body from the front seat to the back seat, "because they did not want to look at him any longer and also the fact that he began to smell bad,” the affidavit states.

Berry allegedly told police they drove around "looking for a place to dump the body," before eventually settling on the rural Newton County driveway, where it was later found.

Berry and Prier are both being held in the Newton County Jail on $50,000 bond.

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voluntary manslaughter requires an intent to kill or cause serious bodily harm.

Do you think these two should be charged with voluntary manslaughter? Why / Why not?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Although they did not kill him, they should have taken him to the hospital or called 911 regardless of the possible consequences. Maybe he would still be alive had they acted accordingly when he first started "acting crazy."

 

[Dee]

Although they did not kill him, they should have taken him to the hospital or called 911 regardless of the possible consequences. Maybe he would still be alive had they acted accordingly when he first started "acting crazy."

This. They were negligent and didn't take his corpse to the police or the hospital and decided dumping the body would be better. This is complete and utter irresponsibility on their part and they should be punished for it. The man probably has family and friends who care very much about him, and to think that these people cared so little for his life is disgusting.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

to think that these people cared so little for his life

Well to be fair, he did inject himself with the drugs, so he didn't seem to care very much about his own life either.

 

[Dee]

to think that these people cared so little for his life

Well to be fair, he did inject himself with the drugs, so he didn't seem to care very much about his own life either.

He could have very well had issues in his life that led him to not caring about whether he lived or died, but does that mean his lief should have ended? It isn't always the case, but many people take drugs to escape a horrid existence. Even if he truly didn't care and had no reason for it, I still don't think that means his corpse should be treated the way it was treated. The kicker was that they were just going to go and dump the body somewhere when they could have easily just taken him to a hospital and avoided this entire mess. He had drugs in his system and their efforts would have shown them in a different light had they made a better decision.

 

[DrLeftover]

My guess is that besides having drug problems, they're also stupid.

 

[Jazzy]

The arrest affidavit states the coroner determined Meyer's "breathing would have been faint" in the hours leading up to his death and that it "would have taken a while" for him to die.

If you take someone that is overdosing on drugs to the local Emergency Room they do not call the police on you. And you can always just drop the person off and leave without even giving your name.

Berry allegedly told police they drove around "looking for a place to dump the body," before eventually settling on the rural Newton County driveway, where it was later found.

Due to the fact they did this instead of taking him to the Emergency Room, I think the voluntary manslaughter charge is appropriate.

 

[CommanderMadi]

Re: RE: Posed For Selfies With Dead Friend

Authorities in southwest Missouri say Chelsie Berry and Jared Prier posed for a selfie with the body of a friend who died from a drug overdose.

Berry, 24 and Prier, 26, are charged with voluntary manslaughter and abandonment of a corpse in the death of 30-year-old Dennis "Nathan" Meyer.

The pair was taken into police custody on Wednesday, after a tipster alerted police to Facebook photos that allegedly show Berry and Prier posing with Meyer's body, police said.

According to a probable-cause affidavit obtained by The Smoking Gun, Berry told police she was hanging out with Meyer on the night of August 21, when he injected himself with the painkiller Dilaudid, a narcotic pain reliever.

"Chelsie stated that Nathan shot the Dilaudid up into his vein and started acting 'crazy' by pulling his penis out and saying strange things," the arrest affidavit reads.

Berry told police Meyer's bizarre behavior made her nervous, so she called Prier, who met up with them a short time later. Berry, according to the affidavit, said she hung out in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant, while Myer was “passed out” in the vehicle they were using.

The trio later drove to a convenience store, at which time they allegedly checked on Meyer and discovered he was not breathing, police said.

Berry allegedly told police she was afraid to call an ambulance for Meyer because she and Prier were "high on meth and Xanax."

Instead of getting help, the pair posed for a “selfie” with Meyer before moving his body from the front seat to the back seat, "because they did not want to look at him any longer and also the fact that he began to smell bad,” the affidavit states.

Berry allegedly told police they drove around "looking for a place to dump the body," before eventually settling on the rural Newton County driveway, where it was later found.

Berry and Prier are both being held in the Newton County Jail on $50,000 bond.

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voluntary manslaughter requires an intent to kill or cause serious bodily harm.

Do you think these two should be charged with voluntary manslaughter? Why / Why not?

They're high likely to be mentally retarded