Teen Gets Donated Heart Transplant, Dies in Crime Spree

[Shinkuu_Tatsumaki]

Georgia teen who got donated heart dies in crime spree: cops

He promised to change his misguided ways if he got a new heart, but evidently troubled Anthony Stokes was unable to make good on those vows.

The Georgia teen died Tuesday after a botched home invasion, crashing a stolen car and ending the troubled life that was extended back in 2013, when he got a controversial heart transplant.

Stokes, 17, wrecked the carjacked sedan into a pole as he tried to flee police, authorities said, and the elderly Roswell woman he shot during a botched robbery was in stable condition in a hospital.

The young man failed to make good on the promise he made to turn his life around in 2013, when he was denied a needed heart transplant because of behavioral issues and disobeying doctor’s orders.

At the time, Stokes was given six to nine months to live and the banishment by doctors at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta was essentially a “death sentence,” said activists who came to his defense.

The story sparked national outrage and the hospital eventually relented, completing the surgery that August, just seven days after he was put on the transplant list. A total of 63 Georgia patients received a heart transplant in 2013, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, including six who were between the ages of 11 and 17.

The family said at the time that they did not know the donor’s identity.

“He’s a young boy. He’s going to make mistakes, but I still think he deserves a second chance,” said his mom Melencia Hamilton.

That chance ended this week just off the intersection of Alpharetta Highway and Hembree Road in Roswell, Ga., some 25 miles north of Atlanta, officials said.

Stokes, of Decatur, allegedly carjacked a Honda, then burst into a Roswell home and shot at an elderly woman as he tried to rob her, WSB-TV reported.

“A lady said a person kicked in the door to break into the house. She was inside the living room and saw the suspect, who was wearing a mask,” Lisa Holland, of the Roswell Police Department, told the news station.

Stokes then took off at a high speed as cops chased him down the highway. He smashed into a 33-year-old pedestrian before losing control and plowing into a pole.

"He did a fishtail spin going around to the right and hit a pedestrian. I saw a white shirt fly up in the air,” witness Claudia Kuklis told WSB…

Further down into the article, they said one of his facebook “likes” was GTA5… which should not be relevant at all.

[angelpalm]

Coolio’s little brother died?

[Bious]

Fuck this dipshit.

[crucades]

Did they retrieve the heart or was the body a complete write off?

[po_pimpus]

Did they retrieve the heart or was the body a complete write off?

This. At least then that heart would go to someone who actually deserves a chance at life.

[Pertho]

What I read from one of the comments is that the non-compliance thing referred to the fact that he had already had a transplant and didn’t follow procedures to keep it healthy. The hospital was not legally allowed to disclose the information and the family didn’t say dick all about it.

[ThePurpleBunny]

Fuck this dipshit.

Come on man, have a heart.

[white_shadow]

Yeah that moronic psychopath was doomed from the start. I only hope that heart wasn’t a match for someone else

[The_Damned]

(Aw. I wanted to post this piece of absurd news but I just didn’t want to post it on April Fool’s Day, lest people be inclined to think it was an actual “joke” due to how fucking absurd this whole situation is.)

This entire story is so dumb that I can’t even gather the energy to be angry, much less be “outraged” at the utter absurdity of it. There’s literally nothing good about this outside of the fact that this asshole is finally dead–two years too late–and the woman he tried to rob and the pedestrian he hit are surprisingly okay. Guess these “gangstas” are so inept at hitting their actual targets that their lack of aim rolls over to fatally hitting people with cars too. Good thing, that.

I also have to wonder if the heart is recoverable, since that would make this story “better”…outside of the fact that at least one other person probably died who actually needed it even though it’s unlikely said person was also clearly an undeserving psychopath from the start. Even if it is, I have to further wonder if they could use it again for transplant given a) he didn’t take care of the first one if what Pertho posted if true and b) he probably didn’t sign up to be an organ donor in a fit of hypocrisy. I’d like to think the hospital would make an exception to the latter if the heart is fine, but then his shitty family would probably sue the hospital for “pain and suffering” or some bullshit.

Sigh. Oh well. There are far more than 99 problems in this world, but at least this bitch is no longer one.

What I read from one of the comments is that the non-compliance thing referred to the fact that he had already had a transplant and didn’t follow procedures to keep it healthy. The hospital was not legally allowed to disclose the information and the family didn’t say dick all about it.

So, if true and if I’m reading this correctly, that means two heart transplants were wasted on this inept scumbag? And that family didn’t want to own up that, acting like he hadn’t already been giving a “second chance”?

Truly humanity and my opinion of it can always sink ever lower, especially since this is story will likely deter activism for the next transplant who actually needs it. Ugh.

[Terios]

I also have to wonder if the heart is recoverable, since that would make this story “better”…outside of the fact that at least one other person probably died who actually needed it even though it’s unlikely said person was also clearly an undeserving psychopath from the start. Even if it is, I have to further wonder if they could use it again for transplant given a) he didn’t take care of the first one if what Pertho posted if true and b) he probably didn’t sign up to be an organ donor in a fit of hypocrisy. I’d like to think the hospital would make an exception to the latter if the heart is fine, but then his shitty family would probably sue the hospital for “pain and suffering” or some bullshit.

I don’t think you can. I’m not a doctor but I think it’s basically a one time thing due to stress on the organ being transferred.

[crucades]

They should of slapped the mother and harvested the body for recoverable anything hell hes black and probably ran from the cops a few times, dem ligaments would be worth an easy 100k.

[Autocrat1]

Where’s KKKano when you need him?

[Rhio2k]

Gangsta niggas are some of the most worthless and dangerous people out there. In my state at least, they need to bring back housing projects instead of tearing them down and giving these idiots section 8 vouchers so they can move in around decent people, fuck up the house/apartment they’re in, then start committing crimes around the local area. Keep 'em all together so they stay with each other, prey on each other…and it makes it easier for the cops cuz you know where all the niggas are at. Spread them out and they’re harder to keep an eye on. This dumbass can possibly have fucked up black people’s ability to get transplanted organs, even if we’re on the list. Next thing you know, a 2017 investigation will find we’re being skipped for the next recipient cuz of this raised-by-gangsta-rap moron.

[Raz0r]

Did they retrieve the heart or was the body a complete write off?

They probably couldn’t. The heart turns worthless after I think an hour after someone dies due to lack of oxygen.

[Pterodactyl]

(Aw. I wanted to post this piece of absurd news but I just didn’t want to post it on April Fool’s Day, lest people be inclined to think it was an actual “joke” due to how fucking absurd this whole situation is.)

This entire story is so dumb that I can’t even gather the energy to be angry, much less be “outraged” at the utter absurdity of it. There’s literally nothing good about this outside of the fact that this asshole is finally dead–two years too late–and the woman he tried to rob and the pedestrian he hit are surprisingly okay. Guess these “gangstas” are so inept at hitting their actual targets that their lack of aim rolls over to fatally hitting people with cars too. Good thing, that.

I also have to wonder if the heart is recoverable, since that would make this story “better”…outside of the fact that at least one other person probably died who actually needed it even though it’s unlikely said person was also clearly an undeserving psychopath from the start. Even if it is, I have to further wonder if they could use it again for transplant given a) he didn’t take care of the first one if what Pertho posted if true and b) he probably didn’t sign up to be an organ donor in a fit of hypocrisy. I’d like to think the hospital would make an exception to the latter if the heart is fine, but then his shitty family would probably sue the hospital for “pain and suffering” or some bullshit.

Sigh. Oh well. There are far more than 99 problems in this world, but at least this bitch is no longer one.

What I read from one of the comments is that the non-compliance thing referred to the fact that he had already had a transplant and didn’t follow procedures to keep it healthy. The hospital was not legally allowed to disclose the information and the family didn’t say dick all about it.

So, if true and if I’m reading this correctly, that means two heart transplants were wasted on this inept scumbag? And that family didn’t want to own up that, acting like he hadn’t already been giving a “second chance”?

Truly humanity and my opinion of it can always sink ever lower, especially since this is story will likely deter activism for the next transplant who actually needs it. Ugh.

I didn’t read a damn thing you wrote but fuck am I jealous of your AV, i’m so mad I didn’t think of using that, I was just watching that EP again the other day.

[Weeaboo]

…I knew this shit was gonna make SRK

-sigh-

[odin]

I hope he didn’t have a white man’s heart.

Poor heart.

[Pertho]

I hope he didn’t have a white man’s heart.

Poor heart.

Had he had a white man’s heart he would’ve gone to Harvard, gotten a degree in economics and done some proper white collar crimes all the while destroying his heart by doing an excessive amount of cocaine he bought for with the company credit card.

[Dramatix]

What a waste of a heart.

[odin]

I hope he didn’t have a white man’s heart.

Poor heart.

Had he had a white man’s heart he would’ve gone to Harvard, gotten a decree in economics and done some proper white collar crimes all the while destroying his heart by doing an excessive amount of cocaine he bought for with the company credit card.

Absolutely. And someone would be able to drive to work, because their sedan wouldn’t be stolen!