...although the News does report that Kings, who was found dead in Austin on Thursday night/Friday morning, was...
- 17 years old, not 19.
- a percussionist.
- supposed to perform at 9 a.m. the next day.
- recently awarded a four-year scholarship to attend the Manhattan School of Music.
The article also points out that there were four parents and two teachers accompanying the group and that "police and Dallas school officials were questioning them about how James ended up by himself." Still no answers yet, although officials now seem to believe that no other students were with Kings at the time of his death. -- Pete Freedman
Talk to the kids who were there and they will tell you a very sad story of a kid whose time it was to go. The comments about a kid screaming and running out of the hotel are true. What is missing is the reason. Coroner thinks it was an aneurysm undiagnosed. Talking to the kids, it sounds like early schizophrenia. Who knows? Only the good Lord.
There were no drugs or other foul play. Just a good kid whose time it was to go.
Posted at: March 31, 2008 6:27 PM