Friend of Luigi

So ultimately, by end of that January 2016, Patrick did drop out of school.

I was still living downtown and going to my classes and saw some of his roommates like off of the street and they started asking me where Patrick was. He kind of owed rent or money for bills that were going on and that they had been trying to contact him.

I was still living downtown and going to my classes and saw some of his roommates like off of the street and they started asking me where Patrick was. He kind of owed rent or money for bills that were going on and that they had been trying to contact him.

He wasn't answering any of them, and even then, he was barely answering me, which was, I knew, weird, because I was one of the few people he actually would answer for his phone, but he wasn't really picking up, so I told my parents that he did owe money.

He wasn't answering any of them, and even then, he was barely answering me, which was, I knew, weird, because I was one of the few people he actually would answer for his phone, but he wasn't really picking up, so I told my parents that he did owe money.

I immediately broke down and the only things going through my mind were, you know, how upset I was and angry that I was that he didn't fight hard enough to make it through that surgery after hours of fighting already. My closest family member was now gone. and part of me broke in that moment.

I immediately broke down and the only things going through my mind were, you know, how upset I was and angry that I was that he didn't fight hard enough to make it through that surgery after hours of fighting already. My closest family member was now gone. and part of me broke in that moment.

College of Charleston has a pretty big reputation to be a party school. You'd be going to like house parties mainly. Drinking was a large aspect of it, but I feel like Coke and Molly and all that kind of stuff was definitely going around. But I think the biggest one, especially from when I was in high school to college and being at that college, was the Xanax that was going on.

College of Charleston has a pretty big reputation to be a party school. You'd be going to like house parties mainly. Drinking was a large aspect of it, but I feel like Coke and Molly and all that kind of stuff was definitely going around. But I think the biggest one, especially from when I was in high school to college and being at that college, was the Xanax that was going on.

Because he was always the life of the party, creating a life celebration, like a final party was more Patrick style.

Because he was always the life of the party, creating a life celebration, like a final party was more Patrick style.

Just not knowing who it was and if I had met them was kind of making me have anxiety whether or not they would kind of be looking for us.

Just not knowing who it was and if I had met them was kind of making me have anxiety whether or not they would kind of be looking for us.

So continuing at College of Charleston after everything, I feel like you're just so numb. You're kind of just trying to get through your courses and classes. It was just all over the news at that point, like a college Charleston student selling drugs.

So continuing at College of Charleston after everything, I feel like you're just so numb. You're kind of just trying to get through your courses and classes. It was just all over the news at that point, like a college Charleston student selling drugs.

Right after they started making us do these like drug course kind of things. They made that like a mandatory thing after that. But the school just didn't really mention it a lot. Students kind of talked about it a little bit and then it was done.

Right after they started making us do these like drug course kind of things. They made that like a mandatory thing after that. But the school just didn't really mention it a lot. Students kind of talked about it a little bit and then it was done.

until the trial started. You were constantly just guessing and making up scenarios in your head about what really went down.

until the trial started. You were constantly just guessing and making up scenarios in your head about what really went down.

So finally getting to the trial like three years later was, you know, just like finally learning all the details and putting all the pieces together.