The case of Travis Wheeler and Aidan Starkey exposes catastrophic failures in Maricopa County's prosecution of impaired driving deaths A Mother's Nightmare: When Justice Never Comes On February 1, 2023, at approximately 5:09 PM, 20-year-old Aidan River Starkey was riding his 2014 Kawasaki motorcycle northbound on North 19th Avenue in Phoenix. He was traveling home, navigating the early evening traffic in the area of 17200 North 19th Avenue. Travis Matthew Wheeler, after appar

I heard recently that you can die, but you cannot unlive. I suppose when we die, it is not our "life" for the amount of time that we had on this planet, but the moments that we lived through that define us. The things that touched us. The things that broke us and the memories that we have that we remember and try to hold tightly to and relive that moment over and over again. For me, I lost so many of those moments because all my memories are either before the accident or afte

In Memory of Aidan River Starkey A life taken too soon by a repeat offender. Justice delayed is justice denied. Every 39 minutes in America, someone dies because another person made a choice. Not an accident. Not a mistake. A choice. They chose to drink alcohol. They chose to use drugs. They chose to get behind the wheel of a multi-ton vehicle. They chose to drive while impaired, knowing—as every adult in this country knows—that this choice endangers lives. And when that choi

Aidan's untimely death serves as a poignant reminder of the urgent need for accountability and reform within our societal systems. As we...

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a mediocre horse trainer gets visibly drunk at a racetrack, stumbles into a truck (that information came from 1 of the 10 other people with him drinking that day...), drives to a liquor store (for cigarettes on his way to the next bar), kills your child, is set free and then goes on to have the biggest winning season of his career? Seems to me someone knew that they were getting away...

For most of 2023, I was reeling and in a constant state of shock. I knew that the justice system was slow and was trying to be patient....

In hindsight, I suppose that this entire case was unusual from the start. Not because vehicular homicides and drunk driving are rare, but...

I know that I have not kept this website updated, but there are so many reasons why. Luckily, I am now no longer restricted from saying...

In February 2023, a devastating blow was dealt to my world. My son and center of my universe, Aidan Rivers Starkey, only 19, a soul of...

It was a typical Wednesday evening, with the sun dipping below the horizon as 20-year-old Aidan River Starkey left his workplace, unaware...