It's Nicole, Stephen's sister. I'll be maintaining his page because just don't think we should stop sending him messages and talking about him since he can't be here with us anymore. I want anyone to come here and say what they want him to know. It can be a place of healing and bonding. Stephen was so loved and it's so apparent on his page.
Now onto the reason I wrote this bulletin:
Make sure you want to read this before you scroll down...It has pretty graphic details, but I'm going to just say it all so I don't have to tell it 100 times at the service...the papers don't tell you everything. Mom and I have SEEN Stephen. We have read the reports, spoken to the coroner, spoken with the lead investigator. We have the details and I am just going to be frank and put it all out there. No offense meant, but if you don't want to know, then just don't read it. I'm putting this here for anyone who NEEDS or wants to know.
So here goes...
On Thursday, September 6, 2007 Stephen reconnected with a friend from 8th grade who was his best friend in Largo, FL. He was heartbroken when she moved away. She found him on myspace and they made plans to reunite. She now lives in Greenville, SC. He went over and spent the day with her, talking, reminiscing, laughing, dining. About 11:30, Stephen left to go home in Brevard and planned to return to Greenville on the next night to spend time with her again.
I originally gave y'all the wrong highway number. It was HWY 276. He was travelling on 276 to head back to Brevard and the road became a 2-lane road. There is a neighborhood there and a road that leads out of the neighborhood and intersects with 276. A 20-year-old girl, who is a college student and lifeguard, was intoxicated and pulled her Jeep out into the road right in front of his motorcycle. He smashed into her driver door, and the impact was so great that he broker her window and caved in the entire door about a foot inward. His throat hit the roof of the car and he was essentially "clothes-lined". It instantly snapped his trachea/windpipe and broke his spinal cord, severing communication from his brain to his heart and lungs. He had collapsed lungs, a broken arm, a broken windpipe and neck, among other injuries, but he died instantly, so he felt no pain.
The girl was arrested, surrendured blood and urine samples and we are awaiting tox results to see if she was over the legal limit of .08. Right now she is in jail and being charged with Felony DUI, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years. But it could be 6 months. It all depends. There will be a trial, it will probably drag on for a long time. it probably may not even begin for at least a year. But we will be here.
We saw Stephen's body. He loked so peaceful. He had his eyes slightly open and he HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE. He looked like he was just laying there watching TV or something. He just didn't look dead. We got to hug him and kiss him and tell him we love him. My mom, of course, begged him to wake up. We said goodbye.
We have an appointment with the funeral home at 2:00 today. We'll be holding a service for him on Sunday. We'll let you know the exact time. It won't be a funeral though. It's going to be a celebration of his life.
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