Birthday Party Ride Denial Leads to Chemical Warfare | Megan Imirowicz Case Analysis 

He must have been drunk as a lord to not notice his legs being dissolved by lye.

Megan was callous but living with her father’s alcoholism probably contributed to that. It’s hard to live in a slowly decaying environment where everything is set up to support one person’s addiction, while everything else is slowly eroding away. It’s hard to pay attention to that environment. You grow blind to a lot of things because it would hurt too much to see that reality clearly, day in day out. Megan should not have been throwing things at her father, but I wonder how she could have learned that in such a situation? Thanks for covering this Dr. Grade.

If you've gotten human poo in weird places throughout your house, fleas are the least of your worries. 😂

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I love how you say "had problems regulating his intake of alcohol" imma steal that instead of saying "i was a useless sloppy drunk i wouldn't trust with money from 16-32😂"

How on earth did Megan’s mom let her live with her dad when the house looked like that

"...human excrement in atypical locations" 🤣

'beyond a reasonable doubt' was not proven in this case. I'm also surprised at how many people in the comments believe she should have been her drunk father's caretaker / housekeeper... How should that be expected of a teenager? When the man is defecating on his own floor, urinating himself...? Yikes, people.

Very sad how alcoholism destroys a family and sets up another generation of abusers.

Oh, he was a mess, but he didn't deserve that. That's so awful. Agree with you Dr G. 100% Very sad all round.

Alcoholism is a terrifying disease. I see it often at work in my patients. It's sad every single time.

I had for a short time (1985) lived with an older retired dentist, Hank who drank to pass the time. He had an old dog who was flea ridden and infested the house with fleas. I caught him once spraying his legs with wasp and hornet spray to kill or I guess get the fleas off of himself. I told him that that stuff was poison and was not made for use on your skin or to even use indoors... We would also bomb the house and the dog was treated but the problem really never went away until the dog finally passed. Anyway given my experience I would think really hard about the lye being self applied to keep the fleas away because really what teenager has any knowledge or use of lye and a old very drunk man might think it was a good ideal in an altered state of consciousness to keep those f'n fleas from biting.

Why did the State allow the girl to remain living in those circumstances and exposing her to psychological harm and neglect?

I kind of feel like details are missing. The house was a mess. Is it possible that the lye was just something lying around to be thrown at her father? Maybe the father tried to wash the lye off himself.

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You can totally tell by the comments who had grown up with an addict parent and who hasn't.

This was a tough one for me. I can totally sympathize with Megan. Living with an alcoholic is a horrible nightmare. At 18, an important event like her birthday party would be priority #1. Her father disappointing her (once again) would be excruciating and infuriating. I think she was just flinging whatever was handy at him. I don't think she was conscious of the danger or paid any attention to the contents of that bottle. Yes it was selfish; teenaged girls are vapid narcissists. Yes it was careless and foolish; adolescents are notoriously impulsive. She lost her father (and, basically, her brother). I don't think a long prison term would benefit her or society at large.

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What a tragic story. When Conrad sobered up after hospitalization & hospice care, he suffered greatly. His daughter seriously injured him, he had other physical problems as a result of his alcoholism, & both legs were amputated. So many warning signs ignored. 😔

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A house infested with fleas is beyond disgusting! The girls behavior reflected her environment. Go figure. Anybody living like that would understandably lash out. There’s no one to root for in this entire story really. Makes me wonder if her biological parents could have been much worse.

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I'm an adult & didn't know Lye would do this sort of damage. I thought it just irritated skin & was poisonous to digest or get in the eyes. I don't think she was trying to kill her dad. She had a teen tantrum & if my parents were this sorry, I would've had a tantrum as well.

I read about this case. He had taken to basically living on the couch he was sleeping on in this instance and often urinated on himself or the floor in front of the sofa. There is a theory that she threw the lye on him, which activated when he urinated on himself in his intoxicated state.

She was fed up to the max with her father’s overconsumption of alcohol. Especially his lack of enthusiasm for her birthday. Wonder why she didn’t call her mom for credit card help. I don’t think she cared about her father the rest of her birthday night. It’s sad she has to live with him. Wonder what the living circumstances were when she lived with her mom. I don’t think she knew quite how dangerous the lye(spell) would be. I think she thought what a bum father he was and got mad and threw stuff at him. She didn’t have much foresight when she asked her drinking dad to drive her some place. It was best the father answered no. Unfortunately, her father made a bad choice to drink alcohol. There is rehab, A.A. groups, sponsors and he needed to stop the drinking period many years ago. If he wasn’t drinking he could have been a better witness to himself. Alcohol killed his body not the lye burns. I hope his daughter can find counseling, and a safe place to live eventually. I hope she never picks up the habit.

That has to be one of the most responsible sentences I’ve ever heard of. Those probation conditions were actually so positive. Mental health assessment, testing for substance use, that she had to get her high school ged, back home by 9. All teenagers should have to abide by these rules. Love it.

My dad wasn't an alcoholic but was an addict. He thought we had a flea problem that we didn't have and used every kind of indoor and outdoor chemical and pesticide he could get his hands on. It got to the point that both me and my dog were getting ill and I was hallucinating. If he hadn't been a plumber who didn't like using drain cleaners he would have definitely sprinkled it everywhere. If I hadn't internalized my frustrations I could see myself throwing anything in arms reach. I'm not convinced she knew what she was throwing at him but that's just my opinion from my experiences. I thought the judges ruling was fair and I hope she does well now.

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I feel bad for Conrad. What he had to go through is horrible. My mother was on dialysis too that alone is alot for the body to go thru. Until I just got to where u said after he got the chemicals on himself he kept drinking & watched a movie.. I Don't feel so bad anymore

In my house, growing up, it was the other way around, my mother would provoke my father, then my father would grab anything near him and throw it at me, hard, while I'm Cleaning, doing homework, having dinner or sleeping. I group in fear for my life every single minute. My father is gone now, my mother is demanding and dyillbcreat problems, I am 50 years old and live with many scars, some bone that headed without medical intervention. Yes, her father was drunk, but that's no reason to act violent , as a habit too. She knew that the chemical was not quite harmful unless mixed with water, like a drain solution, so she mixed it with water to make it painfully affective. 18 years old is too old not to take responsibility for her dangerous actions

I wouldn't make excuses for her or for anyone else - But the repeated broken promises of addicts can make their children very angry and bitter. Not their fault. Understandable emotions, especially in the young. Then, they never know how to express the emotions, problably think things will never change. Plus they feel ignored. Diminished I think her mother kind of stuck her with her father's care. And the oldest brother? Mother was neglectful?

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So, lye-ing about on the sofa isn't always the innocent and safe pass-time most of us expect it to be. As ever, enjoyed your breakdown of this case Dr. Grande.

Wow....mixed feelings on this one.I don't think she meant to kill her father. I think she was mad, admitting she threw things at her drunk father. But, I doubt she, at that age, even knew what "Lye" was or how dangerous it was. .. Fact is whether she was mad at him or not, whether he was an alcoholic or not, she killed him. She needs to have consequences , not get away with her tantrums that cause death. Whew emotional story. 💔

Another great breakdown and your comments actually make me laugh out loud ‘in an effort to avoid the flea circus’ ‘you’ve made your bed now lye in it’ excellent.

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She was an unrepentant murderer. Shame that she effectively got away with it.

Having an alcoholic parent in your teens is not a good time and makes you very angry. Alcoholic parent anger + bad impulse control teen anger is a bad combo.

He wasn’t an innocent victim, he was guilty of neglect. Raising children in filth, imagine what the fridge looked like. Flea bites are uncomfortable, he chose that environment for his children

So many aspects of this case are sad (for Conrad, and Megan, and Kayla who found him.) While she could potentially have been calculating with the lye, I have a feeling she did not know how strong of a chemical it was. I think she thought it would cause a mild irritation or at the most a mild burn. This case reminds me of the case of Carol Bond, who aimed to slightly burn someone but not kill them or seriously harm them.

Interesting this happened exactly on her 18th birthday. One day sooner and she would have been tried as a juvenile.

I miss the jokes you used to make at the end starting with "I hope you found my analysis more interesting than" followed by something about the case.

.225 BAC is VERY high! He was close to dying from alcohol at that point.

She may not have intended to kill him....BUT!!! she did. She needs to be punished for that.

Egocentrism & self absorption in alcoholism can make life frustrating for those forced to live in these conditions. If the house was such a mess and the chemicals failed to kill the infestation as you say Dr Grande ~ maybe the fleas did it! Maybe retaliation for the chemical bombardment?? I was waiting for your flea🦟 throwing theory ~ disappointed ~ maybe next time. LOL

Note from a chemist: Lye burns are worse than acid burns. Bromine burns are even worse but so rare you never hear about them.

If you did not blame the victim in this case, how would it be different than blaming the victim?

Another clear example of how alcohol can destroy a whole family.. I don't suggest you drink, But If you have to.. drink one day a week.. When alcohol day comes.. Buy better quality stuff and enjoy.. Believe me, you will like it.. and your family may stay around.

1 year for killing her dad????? Wow wtf

Maybe Conrad tipped fluid on the powder that was on him. The dry powder would probably react with the moisture on his skin causing slight irritation, which then compelled Conrad to tip something on it to soothe it.

We have one cat…the house is relatively clean…I won’t let the box get toxic…

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A difficult case; a good analysis. Living under those conditions would damage anybody.

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Yes, the nurse overheard Conrad telling his son. She was called to testify. Her brother also corroborated this when he was on the stand

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If there were foot-wide pathways throughout the house it sounds like a hoarder situation. Megan asked for her dad for a ride and he let her down (as he likely did many times before) and she reacted by throwing things at him. I guess I find it hard to believe she purposefully threw lye at him as she would have had to find it to throw it. I feel like she just started tossing whatever was at hand. It sounds like she made it to her hair appt so I doubt she spent a lot of time on her angry response to her father's drunkenness Add to that, I personally wouldn't have known what lye was used for at 18 and even now at 57, I've never used it. I feel she likely threw the lye bottle but Dad took it from there.

It's sad when cats and dogs and children are forced to live in filth. That chaos creates tremendous stress and misery. This young lady had to depend on a drunk to make her special birthday party happen. He failed her in every way.. She reacted badly, but I still feel sorry for her. She does not belong in prison.

I can't help but think that if Megan was a male, she (or he in the hypothetical case) would have gotten a LOT more time in prison.

Why would the state allow she and her brother to even visit no less live there?

Do I understand that she only served a bit over 500 days in prison? Wow. I would like to know how she makes out in the world. To say she didn't mean to kill him seems spurious. Wouldn't parents that are punishing a child and accidentally kills them, don't we want the harshest penalty allowed for that parent? Does an accidental death of an adult's life over a child's life not on equal terms?

"Human excrement in atypical locations " what a line

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I think she deserved more than one year, maybe five years

So many adopted children kill their parents. She needs to be prison for life. Conrad suffered terribly before his death.

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A normal person would notice their skin being burned by acid! (I meant alkali ;) He has to take some culpability for being negligent in his own care. He likely could have survived if he had the Basic brain function and simple motor skills to call 911 immediately.

Intervention should have occurred prior to incident and by her actions injures to father resulting in death happen. Accountability is required.

I do not understand how someone could ever do something like this.

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Shouldnt have been a chemical that was left out. This case was a bit confusing and unfortunate. Rip Conrad.

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I have to strongly disagree with the DR and various posters in here . The overall feel of this video is victim blaming. Her father was helpless, due to his own actions no doubt but helpless nonetheless. If a woman was passed out and a man committed an act of violence against a woman we all know the charges would be worse for the man than if the woman was awake given the same act of violence. Her father drunk ,passed out was helpless a lamb led to a painful, agonizing,slow slaughter,that his kidneys his legs ,,his skin and eventually his life . No matter what nonviolent failings her father had ,nothing justified being murdered over a car ride and a credit card. Nothing ,nada ,zip zilch

When I was younger, I did things that could have led to the harm of myself or others, but I didn't think it would. Some things seem harmless in the moment but can have dire consequences that you would have never accouted for. The judge did right, I don't think she meant to kill him.

I dont believe she meant to kill her father

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Wow! This helps me to see gray areas.

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Oh my, Dr Grande. Are you blaming the victim here?

I am genuinely confused as we seem to be blaming the victim? "Yeah, he didn't deserve to be XXXX but did you see what he was wearing?" I'm sorry but I find this to be a tad icky myself.

That's not right she got off so lightly!

Hi Doc G, can you please speak abt the case of the drunken teacher arrested in Tecumseh, OK. Id love to hear your take on it.

Honestly, I didn't even know the chemical lye could cause burns on a person. Ive never thought much about that chemical though, it's never crossed my mind. I find it odd that the police believe she added water to it though and then threw it onto her father, instead of just throwing the chemical itself on him? By adding water and then throwing it on him it makes this seems like she had more of a malicious intent. Instead of just throwing random items at him, she took the time to add water with it. Makes me wonder if she knew more about the chemical than I initially assumed. I can't imagine growing up with an alcoholic father but also can't imagine ever ever hurting my father. Sad case all around.

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How was Megan handed over to her father who could barely Take care of himself?

I think she was mad at her father who was drunk again. Living with a parent like that is tough. I’ve been there. I think she blindly picked things up and threw them. Unfortunately it may have been the wrong thing. I think her sentence was fair and I am glad she got mental health assistance.

Thank you!

She probably saw "Fight Club" and knew exactly what it would do.

Those Lye puns 😙🤌👌 I nearly teleported to Neptune.

This gotta take a toll on your mental health...talking about all this horrid stuff us humans do

I hope she gets help, how sad.

That judge should be fired immediately

Yeh… I agree with you & the judge. When somebody dies a horrible death we like to blame someone & a stroppy teenager who said a few inappropriate things would fit… 😊 I bet she felt awful about it when her birthday stress came crashing down when she learnt how seriously he was hurt. I’ve known a couple of ageing Alcoholics who had accidents a few times a week when things were bad. As a hormonal teenager, even the kindest, most empathic hormonal teen, would find it very challenging to not loose patience & compassion at times. In her mind he had, “RUINED” her 18th Birthday party, “AGAIN!”. Of course she was mad at him! I don’t believe that she knew what she was throwing. She threw bread! I don’t think that she even intended to hurt him. She loved her Dad. She chose, nagged & took care of him. This was just “trial by press”. Silly prosecution! 🙄😠

He suffered for a long time