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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Teen Suffocates In Huffing Incident

According to the Evansville Courier Press, July 7, 2008, a 17-year-old Indiana girl has died from huffing butane.

On Thursday, July 3rd, sheriff deputies received a report that Karissa Krohn had fallen unconscious after having inhaled butane from a container used to refill cigarette lighters. Krohn was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Krohn’s friends were interviewed and said she had huffed the chemical once before but it had not negatively affected her.

Sheriff Marvin Heilman said he has heard of no other instances of butane abuse in Warrick County. “The victim’s actions obviously brought a horrible tragedy to her family and friends,” he said. “Karissa, by all accounts, was a hardworking, well-adjusted, normal teenager who was willing to experiment with an unknown risk with no fear of consequences and she died.”

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Karissa had no idea about huffing, she never tried it before this was her first time. she watched another girl do it before she did, the other girl pretended it was like helium out of a balloon. She never would have attempted to try any sort of drug. This is simply the truth

The Cousin said...

I Cnt Believe This Would Happen To Her She Was Suck A Good Person Nd Never Did anything Wrong, But When Yhu Hangout With Tha Wrong Crowd This Is What Happens :( Miss You Nd Love You Karissa.

The Cousin said...

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