"Affluenza teen" Ethan Couch, who killed four people in a drunk-driving crash in 2013 and initially only received probation, is scheduled to be released from a Texas prison on April 2.
Couch, who was later ordered to spend 720 days in jail in 2016 in connection with a probation violation, could be free just before his 21st birthday, the Dallas Morning News reported.
David McClelland, with the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office in Fort Worth, said Couch will report to the community supervision and corrections department for new probation requirements.
Couch earned notoriety as the "affluenza teen" after a psychologist used the term in his original trial, saying the then 16-year-old didn’t know right from wrong because of his wealthy upbringing, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
The Morning News said Couch went missing with his mother, Tonya Couch, in December 2015 after a video surfaced of him at a party where people reportedly were playing beer pong, which violated his probation terms.
The pair was found in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico after using a cellphone to order pizza from Domino's, the Morning News said, and they were arrested and returned to the United States.
Tonya Couch, who was charged with hindering the apprehension of a fugitive and money laundering, has been free on bond since January 2016, per the Morning News.
USA Today reported Ethan Couch was drunk when his pickup truck slammed into a group of people who were helping a woman with a stalled car in June 2013. The driver, Breanna Mitchell, and bystanders Brian Jennings, Hollie Boyes and her daughter Shelby, were killed, while nine others were injured.
Authorities determined Couch was driving 70 miles per hour in a 40 mph zone and had a blood alcohol content of 0.24, three times the legal limit for an adult, USA Today said.
Despite that, Couch was sentenced to 10 years probation by now retired Texas district judge Jean Boyd after he pleaded to four counts of intoxication manslaughter, sparking national outrage, USA Today said.
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