For Brittney Walsh's family, unending pain
Photo credit: James Carbone | Tom and Cheryl Walsh, parents of Brittney Walsh, at Riverhead Criminal Court after charges were upgraded to murder against Michael Grasing, who prosecutors said had a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit. (July 18, 2012)
Brittney Walsh's funeral
Police reconstruct fatal accident scene
Fatal crash: Blood-alcohol level 4x limit
Lindenhurst teen killed by alleged drunken driver
LI car accidents
Remembering Brittney Walsh
Traffic map, cameras
District Attorney Thomas Spota personally made the decision to ask a Suffolk County grand jury to consider a rare murder charge for a suspected drunken driver in the death of 18-year-old Brittney Walsh.
An 11-count indictment unsealed in Riverhead Wednesday included Spota's top requested charge, second-degree murder for depraved indifference to human life.
Still, even the rarity of the...
