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Profile: The lives Ethan Couch took that June night

"Affluenza teen" Ethan Couch has become a household name since his 2013 drunk driving crash that left four people dead.

He's now slated for prison release after serving almost two years, but he was originally sentenced to probation, causing uproar from the families of his victims and people across the nation.

Here are the four people who lost their lives on a rural Burleson road on June 15, 2013:

  • Breanna Mitchell, 24, whose SUV stalled on the roadside.
  • Hollie Boyles, a neighbor who came to help her.
  • Shelby Boyles, 21, Hollie's daughter, who also came to assist.
  • Brian Jennings, a youth minister who stopped to help while driving by.

The four of them were killed when Couch, speeding and intoxicated, plowed into Mitchell's SUV, then Jennings' car.

Nine people were injured, including two of Couch's friends who were inside his truck. One of them was paralyzed. The youngest injured victim was an 11-year-old boy who had arrived on the scene with Jennings.

Several families filed lawsuits after the crash. As of October 2015, all of them had been settled.

It was determined that Couch had a blood alcohol content level three times the legal limit and tested positive for marijuana and Valium.

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