Wayne Mitchell Dies After Eating Cocaine Hidden In Brother's Butt; Deangelo Mitchell Charged In Death

A South Carolina man died in the backseat of a patrol car after ingesting an ounce of cocaine that had been hidden in his brother's buttocks, according to TV station WYFF.

Wayne Mitchell, 20, allegedly ate the coke to destroy evidence at the behest of Deangelo Mitchell, 23, who feared getting a long prison sentence on drug charges, TV station WCIV reports.

The Mitchells were pulled over by North Charleston cops on Nov. 30 for allegedly driving with a broken headlight and were put in the patrol car while police searched their vehicle.

Police video from inside the car shows Deangelo squirming and whimpering that he doesn't want to go to jail for life.

He pleads with Wayne to help protect him by eating the drugs that were stuck in his rear end.

"One of us gotta do it, you the only one that don't have any strikes," said Deangelo, who had numerous arrests on his record, according to reports. "You my little brother... I'm gonna get life,"

Wayne gobbled the blow and paid dearly for his brotherly love.

Cops spotted cocaine residue on the seat when they came back to their cruiser and Deangelo allegedly informed them that his brother swallowed cocaine, according to ABC News.

Soon after consuming the coke, Wayne had difficulty breathing and bled from the mouth, the station said. He died within an hour.

Police slapped Deangelo Mitchell with involuntary manslaughter charges after toxicology results revealed that the cocaine in Wayne's system killed him, the Associated Press says. Mitchell was also arrested for alleged cocaine distribution.

Editor's note: An earlier version of the article misidentified the last name of the suspect Deangelo Mitchell and his deceased brother Wayne Mitchell. The error has been corrected.

Comments

[Sharise112]

04:23 PM on 02/16/2013

Those parents must be proud.

[tshields424]

11:11 PM on 03/30/2012

2012 Darwin Award winner?

[a man]

05:24 PM on 01/03/2012

I wouldn't eat anything that was in my brother's butt----nor would I ask him to eat anything that was in mine. Why do people do these things? I can't figure it out.

[smardy]

12:23 PM on 01/03/2012

i wonder if it was wrapped or was it plainstraight from his buckhole with sweat and hair on it?

[Mike Clark II]

04:37 PM on 12/30/2011

really puts a literal term to CRACK cocaine!

[smardy]

12:23 PM on 01/03/2012

that is so funny...

[Swinger Style]

06:57 PM on 12/29/2011

ALL I HAVE TO SAY>>>> STUPIDITY RUNS DEEEPAAHH.....

[ConservativebyNature]

01:07 PM on 12/29/2011

Wow. I wonder why this guy didn't win this years Darwin Award. They don't call it dope for nothing. Hey, I didn't know that coke was such a ain in the butt.

[kimdarryl1]

06:23 PM on 12/28/2011

So they were pulled over for head lights being out and they were arrested and vehicle searched, or were they pulled over becuase they were young, black and wore their hat real low.
Poor guys were scared to death, and did not know what to do. Sad.

[vlynnieg]

10:32 PM on 01/04/2012

Uhm, they had an ounce of cocaine, but you're going to say the cops were somehow wrongfully singling them out?
And the dude with it in his butt must have had enough priors to be concerned about going down for a long time, and he got his brother to EAT something that came out of his BUTT in order to keep from doiong hard time. It's a shame, but they were doing wrong and this happened in their efforts to conceal their wrongdoing.

[Rick Boughton]

08:16 PM on 02/25/2013

Actually if you READ better then you think, they were PUT in the squad car while their car was searched, there was no mention of ANY arrest UNTIL the coke residue was found on the back seat. So yes they were pulled over for a headlight~~ it wasn't racism as you suggest....

[kimdarryl1]

10:24 AM on 02/27/2013

Well if you were young and hip like me, you would know that was a bar from a song by Jay-Z.  Bar means line or part of the song. What is floating your boat? It's not my fault you ran out of Viagra!

[kimdarryl1]

05:43 PM on 12/28/2011

Yes I don't see the humor, it's very very sad,I feel for all involved including fam,friends and love ones. I pray for them all to get through this. I pray the brother does not try to commit suicide or anything like that.Its going to be a rough road for them all.

[ConservativebyNature]

01:08 PM on 12/29/2011

I feel badly for the parents. As for the two dope pushers, I think the end was poetic. As Marie Antoinette said, "let them eat coke."

[blahblahbing]

12:29 PM on 02/16/2013

I agree with you Kim, think this is sad. Many people are just reading the headlines and thinking that its something funny or people messing around. It seems to be a problem of fear and I doubt that he would have asked his brother to eat the coke if he was properly educated on it. My guess is that they're school system is wrecked as well. Just like here in chicago.

[ShawnRay]

02:12 PM on 12/28/2011

Two birds one stone..awesome

[Ron Diaz]

12:09 PM on 12/28/2011

Silly Kids...

[Confused One]

07:04 AM on 12/28/2011

POOP overdose

[Bonnie Wolfe]

05:15 PM on 12/27/2011

Man eats one ounce of cocaine that had been stored in brothers butt and dies, imagine that!

[Diasamax]

03:08 PM on 12/27/2011

It is sad that people are actually thinking what happened (although foolish) is something to laugh at. There are parents who lost two sons that day, grandparents that lost their grandsons. One due to his trying to protect his brother and the other who because of bad decisions caused his death and now has to live with the guilt of being responsible for it as long as he lives. That is not something to laugh at or a pain to wish on even your worst enemy. That family is dealing with a pain that cannot be measured and is not funny in any way, regardless of how foolish the circumstances were that lead to it.

[Bonnie Wolfe]

05:16 PM on 12/27/2011

well spoken

[cookadamjcook]

03:46 AM on 12/28/2011

These people put themselves in these situations and must be aware of the consquences. So you are saying if a baby rapist died in the back of a cop car you would feel the same? If you are leading a life that puts you in harms way sooner or later you will be harmed. May not be funny, but I do not feel one bit sorry for him or his brother. How is keeping your brother out of jail protecting him. If he was in the line of fire or about to fall off a cliff, icould see that as protecting. He was doing illegal things, keeping him out of jail is not protecting, but being a contributing to the crime.

[Diasamax]

08:44 PM on 12/30/2011

Pay attention to the comment. I did not express sorrow for either brother. The sorrow is for their family.

[badgerrific]

02:25 PM on 12/27/2011

i'm glad you feel you can decide who's life is worthwhile and who is a 'great contributor to society'. all i see is more young people dead from a stupid situation, then getting mocked by those who'd be weeping hysterically if it were someone they love. you all should be ashamed of yourselves.

[ConservativebyNature]

01:12 PM on 12/29/2011

These guys obviously decided whose life was worthwhile when they took up their chosen occupation. I mean, who wouldn't think it funny that a drug dealer dies because he ate the cocaine hidden in his brother's butt. That is epic!