Man Charged With Murder For Deadly Accident

Published: Sat, January 10, 2009 - 12:50 pm Last Updated: Sun, January 11, 2009 - 6:50 pm
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Alabama State Troopers are investigating an accident in which three people, including two teens died.

17-year-old Brian Willis II, his 11-year-old brother Brandon, both of Irvington, and 18-year-old Mary Baker of Mobile were all killed Friday night when their SUV hit a tree near Citronelle. Troopers said the 2000 Ford Explorer ran off of Highway 45 and rolled over several time before hitting the tree.

Brandon Willis died on the scene. Brian Willis and Baker were both ejected from the vehicle. They were taken by ambulance and LifeFlight to USA Medical Center. They were pronounced dead around 1:00 am Sunday morning.

Alcohol doesn't appear to have played a factor, but troopers say speeding may have contributed and none of the passengers were wearing seatbelts.

Twenty-year-old Michael Loper was arrested Saturday and charged with three counts of murder in connection with the crash. A Highway Patrol spokesman said Loper apparently had a confrontation with one of the occupants of the Explorer. When he saw the vehicle on the highway, he made contact with it, causing the SUV to leave the road and crash. Loper is also charged with leaving the scene of an accident. He is being held in Mobile Metro jail.

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Does any one know what happen in court on Feb 19? I heard Drew had to go to court.

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PrayinforDrew:  Rules of the Road state that you must have control of your vehicle at all times.  If Drew would have maintained a safe distance and would have been in CONTROL of his vehicle then he would have had enough time to STOP HIS VEHICLE WITHOUT causing this horrible wreck.

No matter how you spin it, at the end of the day Drew caused this accident; he left them for dead on the side of the road; he did not call 911 and report the accident; and finally HE DID NOT COME FORWARD AND TELL WHAT HAPPENED.  If this truly was an accident and he is such an upstanding young man then WHY IN THE HECK DID HE NOT GO TO POLICE AND TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED???

Drew took the COWARDS WAY OUT, he ran and it was not until someone else TOLD WHAT HAPPENED was he arrested.

IMO had the passenger not come forward DREW WOULD STILL BE WALKING FREE TODAY WITH NO REMORSE FOR HIS ACTIONS.  His actions showed what a REAL UPSTANDING GUY he really is…...

Again, my opinion which I am entitled to!!!

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Prayin4Drew, it’s extremely easy to point fingers at this and that, this and that when those who you point fingers at are not here to defend themselves. I said it once and I’ll say it again, you are ignorant to stand up for someone who let three people die on the side of the road, without any attempt to get them help. It must be really hard to sleep at night being you. I hope you don’t consider this man a friend for real, because if he could do this to them, he could do it to anyone. It don’t matter though, the one thing he can never escape is having to answer to GOD himself. The Judge in the courthouse should be the least of his worries. It’s funny though, how those who do bad get bad done unto them. He’ll get his, either by the Judge, or Carma herself. Do yourself a favor and steer clear, when lightning strikes, IT DON’T PLAY!

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Excuse me No alcohol was not involved in the accident unless The Three passengers that died had alcohol in them because they didnt pick Drew up until 2 days later so it would almost be impossible for them to tell if he was drinkin or not!!! And As for the text messages Drew never texted the little boy! He texted Kristin and she told drew!! Drew and the boy never had a conversation so u need to get ur facts strait!!! And if they were such angels why did they come down here with a whole bunch more people trying to fight Drew and why did they throw something through his windsheild!!! you people get on my nerves gettin on here commenting something and u dont even know what u are talkin about!! Grow up and keep ur comments to urself!!

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Southerngirl1318….Nobody has said anything for almost a week, futhermore, we have the right to speak our minds anyway we feel, just like you are doing now….
We do know that three people were killed by Loper….

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I think that everyone should let justice deal with this situation instead of everyone saying what they think.. Noone knows what happened that night except for Loper and his passengers.. Until the trial comes forth,, noone will know.. So,, when Loper is prosecuted,, then start talking!!!

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In another story it said that Loper was chasing another car, not the one with the 3 children. Does anyone know what happened?

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Doesn’t Loper have a court date this week?

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Yeah, most of the police in Citronelle are underhanded.  They alll have their palms greased by the upper society.

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has everyone forgotten that their was alcohol involved? & everyone involved was under 21. a 20 year old boy & alcohol doesn’t mix. In Citronelle alcohol is made accessable to underage kids much to easy. Don’t believe me 4 of the 6 gas stations up there were busted the night it happened for selling alcohol to minors. People in Citronelle have an old way of thinking despite what naive people think. Most (notice I said most) of the people up there have an attitude mess w/ me & you will have consequences. Is that an excuse for what happened NO but that is just the way it is.

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