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Darla with Euston Family
11/04/2010
What you want you want to win you want. CNBC on demand from the voice of Kansas City news radio 98. I read this story and I actually I heard about it before. I read the story that was in the paper. On October 28. And got a couple emails from listeners. Wondering why the media wasn't picking up this story. And the story is. That on October 10. Drying Houston was out with a bunch of his friends. fun in Westport. Several of them laughed at 1 o'clock or 130 he decided to stay. And the next thing you know. He has a severe head injury he's laying. On a sidewalk. And unfortunately. He got. Nobody is claimed to see any thing although we know people saw something because unfortunately. This'll make you sick to your stomach people actually stayed around him. And took video and took pictures of them and put it up on their FaceBook Nobody called 911. Recalled cops. Nobody tried to help. And that I think the imagine losing a child. But. The fact that. There were all those people in that night. And nobody has come forward to say. I saw somebody do. This. Trying to get in touch with Kathy and Kevin Houston the parents of Brian Houston and done. They have consented to come on the program in studio with me and I I want it first on thank you know this is going to be difficult and I can't imagine what's your last several weeks have been like. And my heart goes out TO. On. But it's gotta make you angry that nobody has come forward. Had. Offered to anger yet we're just none exactly. Searching for answers. Searching for answers wanna know what happened. It looks like you're young your son. Beautiful young man well loved lots of people loved your son include including you I'm sure. You were. Out of the country where you we. Actually you were in Spain believer. Our younger son is doing a semester pride and and and their since about them. 28 of ninth of September we meet a man and in Munich and then we were in France Spain minimally. It gotten to Spain and actually that day Time changes and all that we were there and up hotel late at night in night and found a note to urgent call home. And acts was to begin I'm really surreal last. Almost month Almost four weeks. In Allen as Kevin said anger I don't Alex a final frustrated. Really never thought we come to the point that four weeks after his dad we still don't have answers the public's dollars and had answers. I she said people saw things PeopleSoft things and and they can take and cell phone picture video. Yet they can't calling to say with a sign and DD fall was an accident. Did something happen to them before he ever got to that that. Placed on mill street today happen ten and one of the bars that later on he then felt somebody saw something people played pool with them. His friends talk with them I've heard we've heard of numerous friends that. We know with him before they left he had a great night. He had a great night at a great life he had great friends and family. How does a family do when they called back. to call. We got a call. To call home which we do we called our house and some friends were there. Taking care of the dogs and they said you need to call our oldest son mark which we did. And he was of course at the hospital and told us what happened that just that Brian had fallen. And the and said he was in a coma that's we knew at that point. And then com. Another. Friend of a friend called ours all the use of neurosurgeon and he we didn't know how serious it was anything and he said he come home and you need to bring Jack with you our youngest and that was just I knew then that it was it was not good. I like every Carrington and now. Our kids go through scrapes and bumps in the around me just thank you gonna get here and it's going to be okay it's has some rehab we knew would be okay he just. Whereas. We're pretty optimistic family of four kids and you know things happen and we're going to be a time and really thought it would be. How how quickly were you able to home. And that that was a nightmare. Well we found it was probably 1230 when we found out and we didn't leave the next morning until 1030 I think it's 1230 Barcelona left in there ten Perry. We left 1030 so was another. Ten and we got and Kansas City at 930. Monday night was you know as long as an ordeal we left her chilled to older kids at the hospital. At Truman medical center who can cross and care of our kids are son. They were wonderfully could have been better. We didn't realize how many people were there on trying to call friends here in town to start prayer chains and start cause I think it's bad. Can get all anybody and that at 6 o'clock and assigning that where can these people be. And I got Ahold of one friend who has just returned back from the hospital and cheese in on. You know she is everybody's at the hospital and that's only realized that probably every minute span there family friends everybody was kids adults. Grandmothers everyone is there an official with Brian and our two older kids. Holding tight to we can get back and that's what happened. In and it's Monday night late. And Fallujah hospital. And we got the hospital. You've got to see him math course and he was in a coma. And and they told you them that there was. Well that it was at a bad head injury and it none of the doctors were there at that point Amir you know prisons. 10 o'clock 103011 o'clock at night. And they were to and then the next morning the doctors got there and they said they had to perform some tests which are gonna do which would. Confirm how much brain activity there was there was not a and they did in their No brain active so. They never related they were very good it downtown hospital was unbelievable they were so fantastic that they knew. Yeah that the news in his hospital turned chairman Berman yeah. What do you do when you hear that news. Mile after you realize that live there with and that home type of foreign. Sent our friends and family home that it's found this place to sleep upstairs together kits and just pray a lot ally. And then you kind of do this out of body experience and for me. Almost like it's not leaving your own child we now have to take care what's got to be done and you just pulling Auto pilot and do it needs to be done and everything's gonna work out. Now. Yeah you know you just have good moments and bad moments like anybody who loses a loved one. I don't know maybe it's and it's coming from large families and and have them like kids he just pulled together. And everybody around you supports you need to student has to be done you know to Carla but I pollen and right in now analysts at each do it has to be Tannen and we have had. Amazing awesome act of support that will never forget. He had to make the decision. Not willing now they they just alienated they declared him you know there was absolutely just. As you know. The time which was and it was awesome and he knew it you know. So we were faced with he gratefully. of I announcement came as something announced on the back this card is the town he'd signed his donor cards so that made that easy we would've done that anyway. Disabled list donate almost everyone organs and tissue. lives on through lots of people around the match and that's on us and it's awesome. That's that is awesome. And they don't of people Catherine is awesome they everybody. Really they're just everywhere and it's just amazing how many wonderful people are are out there. On unfortunately people just don't wanna come for a with the information to bring closure and whatever whatever happened. You know offering somebody to justice. Give disclosure. You know. I my I lost my father last summer and I got a call middle indictments by myself. And. I his Kenyan man to what you went through. And that's why I think that it is imperative. That if you know something how can you looking yourself in the Mir. If you were there. If you saw something. If you took a picture and put it on your FaceBook page. How can you not come forward and help the Stanley. Find out what happened in the last hours of their child's life. and it's not just our family I can't tell you know hundreds and hundreds of people. Many we don't know and it never Matt that it showed up at our door. On that it. Announced sent cards sent letters sent email sent based accent. Reward money sent things that just want it's for our city to something's happened. Right and and this what ever happened we will whatever happened this is a sad sad story. But the reality is is that there's people that won't talk. And will never get closure will never get answers how can wean move on. How can how can you allow your children your 24 year old kids to collapse bar. And had a good time. And try to walk around but can't stand and they never make Now how connect all the and then our children will not be able to raise their children this city or any other like it. If we don't come to terms with these kind of actions. Something happened and even if that was. I saw him tripped and hit his head really hard the doctors say that was a possibility. You know where that. Where they don't get into it I mean he had has severe trial under the backers but he also has split up. You know so that. We don't now I mean and an idea how do you hit the back here had a few fall down and then also mostly your Latin right. It's so it's some things just don't add up and we know that. Leno that the police have enough information that they can't they have to withhold. I understand and I usually has totally okay that it's is that that obviously they don't have enough information to pull an altogether. Because the medical examiner has ruled what was the cause of death they just don't know the manner. So there's and the cause of death was severe head trauma. Kathy and Kevin used in our in studio. With me and we're talking about their son Brian and I was looking at is FaceBook page and our the page went up prayers for our prayer for Bryant use and and there are all kinds of pictures and videos of him when he was. Young in college and and just full life full energy a beautiful young man and and he was found an unconscious in the west and Westport sidewalk. In the early hours of October 10. With a devastating skull fracture a split lip and scrapes on his chin. So we don't know. What happened because apparently a video camera saw him. But then he was out of video camera range is actually walked into another one are going to that picked him up laying their right. I don't really know the only thing I've know of is that they saw a video camera from down the street got him. After he was on the ground. As people locking that shows cell phones going off around pictures and a walk. Didn't that make you angry. I'm sorry you know we've never seen as videos and I I really hope I never see him I don't ever want to have to see them just contracting and now. Said he kind of put it changes and other experience your act out of body experience. in their fuzzy videos. That they there's there's lots there. So all those people that took videos you know. Might when I read that. There's a story about a year ago about a man that got hit in a street in I think it was Delaware. Someone of those eastern. Seaboard states. And on. He was dying industry. And people to not taken pictures and they didn't do anything. And have we become. So callous. And so in human. That. We don't look at something like that and say this a person that then tackle. And to anything but take pictures. He begin to wonder and we just becomes so to That this has to its actual we're coming then. That is we are in trouble we're in big trouble. On. And so it. Is if people do have information. They need to call the tips hotline right ad hoc team that's worth it rewards been set up through which is just kinda get the ball rolling on that. to have flyers and more information Canada by Saturday. That was Alan brooks Alvin brooks is a great guy at Group Kansas City is helping on that and and setting up the reward him. So if you have information about his about bright news is death. Are you wanna know how you can help you can call 8167531111. I know you've been on. TV stations you know that you need to keep Bryant's name out there and the story out there and they get information right. Right which is. Trying to keep him in the public eyes so that hopefully some more come forward well and people think you know you may have seen something totally small and when it wherever he was in West Point that night prior to when they found him on mill street. Whether it was it you know Kelly is or wherever this was he might have seen even something has to small. Please call the police any paint your little pieces some think could be a whole big thing and you don't even now. And let the police decide whether it's relevant non. Yeah want to interview anybody who. Who might have seen Brian before 2:30 in the morning. When the security officers Chesley brown international call for an ambulance. The security officers didn't notify police. Snow. Now that's always a big mystery gas and that's that's to be answered I guess another day it. now am you know we just have to go with what was found at the moment and fortunately and the next day when. When my kids got the hospital and got the call from Truman my brother's a policeman. He was very immediately with my children in the other two older kids and realize that this just didn't add up and where was a police report. Another it's common that they you know we don't really know with the real ruling is or is there real ruled that. I had a similar situation couple weeks ago last week. I got a call from my husband Kevin in the cut off blow open in the police were on the way. And I and while he was up north and uncle over and let a man you know comic dog stand at how ironic back our plaza opened alarm goes off and please It two weeks earlier young man's down near dead. On a street port. And their own costs beliefs and that's not an area it's in now. EE it would just say hey something's happened here just haul him away. Great how long did they estimate that he was mayor before town now. You had no idea. We were talking ruins the break about. Have we become so apathetic that we will look at another human being. It was possibly dying. And not do anything. And I hope not I hope that's not Kansas City we've both been here our entire lives with their families. It I I'm getting a little older but I definitely remember the east say Kansas City one of the most livable cities yet. And it did it's I mean I But the thing is is that. In how we find out about these FaceBook. Videos and pictures that people were taking that we don't now that just came to us the place okay. And I think they may have put them up and then they And down and they didn't have very long but I don't even know. These and I don't know what was on those now I assume they have I don't know I don't lean on him. And they can't share everything with us and we understand that and that's should I mean until. If with information gets out there that they don't want out there yet I understand. Frustrating them oh yeah. It is Siam. I mean every day every time the phone rings she maybe that's their colonists to say is called and somebody's confessed somebody knows in every time phone range your heart to be dismayed. your offering a reward right we have yesterday we met with. Alan brooks and Dan modeling Manning and friends in. And work together through told us about what to reward for help us do and hopefully that will bring. On someone foreign we're just kind of getting all the details assists unchartered waters for Athens them compelling idea reward fund for the death of her son. And hopefully that will information but certainly that ad hoc is going to handle. himself he need information on that just give out a call and they can tell if far better than we can we're just not forget that this. Tell us about Brian. Well want drive and now. He didn't know stranger. Everybody by everybody loved he was just genuine. Warm. Fund to be around. Yet had a very serious side. In some respects he was a little bit It where. You know every that he had his moments but if he was gonna do some it was gonna be done the best he can do it. Use this. Quite an individual team is that we loved him. It's preschool teacher told me when he three that he lived life with an exclamation point. And you know. We only had him 24 years but he packed a lot of fun a lot of love. A lot of laughter. Allow high rolling a lot of you know parental frustration some time yeah. And as he like to be involved in everything. You know Over his dreams. We know what at 24 years old he'd just come back from Europe he had been working hotel there he didn't scheme he'd been mountain biking need. He just he was an outdoor adventures kinda guy and he'd just gotten back to the states mid August. And that had really reconnect with a lot of his good putts from Kansas City and and that was great because we thought he was gonna stay here and work and and that he has parents shop early on tell your kids think they should because I'll probably go the opposite direction and absolutely so we're pretty kind of excited when he was he was looking for. On employment and had many inner peace here in math facts from Maria got home from the hospital that. Dreaded Tuesday. Open up my laptop and there was that he and tweak and a stress may know that he had. Couple of appointments in interviews well and at a town so this very estate and the Israeli get the big boy job. We excited he wanted to stay in Kansas City because I thought cherries and go to Colorado where he loves ski simplest you know now we gotta pressure he'd be out there he decided no you want to stay here he million homes and he went to college other than. You know a few months here during the summer learned. But you know and most Summers he's. It was either school in Oklahoma State working Mary was you know and that's where he once this. Like I was involved in his fraternity and Sally was dressed chair one through one summer and worked another summer and it internships in Colorado the following summer he's busy but he and everything he had mostly he had a passion for. Whether it was. You know Oklahoma State football basketball the chiefs the royals are. He and and everything the trials Alia Ali let. America could even god got he got army couldn't wait you know it. When he was in Germany he had had a roommate there who was actually from KU Had she he was stand to it was the first time in five years he knew anybody that was and everybody is on to cowboys and o'clock latest Sparano has some a.'s stand and or static chiefs are doing great in the cowboys them. He's like at. I love that mean. I'm talking make Kathy and Kevin Houston and the first say they had to bury their son but they don't know exactly. What happened. To lead to his death. It was. What what in Westport on an early morning of October 10. And Brian used was there. Had a good time with his friends and they laughed and he decide to stay for awhile and then the next thing he's lying on the ground with a devastating head injury. And they don't have answers. Now only have to bury their child but they don't know. What happened. They don't know if he was drunk and he felt. They don't know if somebody. Cold cocked him in the head. They don't know so if you know something. You can. You can call the Kansas city police. Or you could call. Ad hoc. And group against crime. And that phone numbers 8167537311816753. 1111. You knowing it doesn't matter how small it is if you know somebody that was fair. And they've said something or if you saw FaceBook page and had. God forbid a picture of video Brian lying on the ground. The police need to know that and more importantly. Kathy and Kevin Houston and their children and everybody that loves them and love Bryant needs to know that So if you now please dear to your best moment of post a picture of Brian on my FaceBook page. Along with that phone number. If you are not on my FaceBook page you go to FaceBook dot com. And then type in Carolina JJ a YE. I think having used in thank you so much for coming on the show some god bless you thank you I hope that somebody is listening and we'll help you. You won't end the nightmare now but it'll give you some knowledge of why keep you posted thank you thank you.
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