Caitlin DeMastry apparently hit Charles Cain, Jr., with the car she was driving. But she is not currently serving any time for killing him. The Fifth District Court of Appeals of Fairfield County just reversed her conviction for involuntary manslaughter. Caitlin's blood alcohol level was not tested during the early morning hours when she ran Cain down and the jury decided the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she was under the influence at the time of the collision. So the predicate offense for the involuntary manslaughter charge was that she was driving while under suspension. But driving under suspension was not the proximate cause of Cain's death, says the court of appeals. Drivers with a license suspension are capable of driving without running over people, and do it often. So the involuntary manslaughter conviction is gone as you can read here.
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