Ethan Couch 2024. Ethan couch, ‘affluenza teen’ who killed 4 while driving drunk, is freed. Ethan couch, 18, was deported a day earlier from mexico, where authorities believe he and his mother fled as texas prosecutors investigated whether he violated.

Tonya couch pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted hindering apprehension or prosecution of a known felon on nov. “affluenza” killer ethan couch is back in a texas jail thursday on claims of a failed drug test, two years after he was released for fleeing to mexico with his mother.