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Suburban Chicago teen guilty of aggravated DUI for fatally hitting a five-year-old while huffing

Prosecutors: "Nobody mattered to Carly Rousso except Carly Rousso."

By Matt Bradwell

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill., May 29 (UPI) -- 19-year-old Carly Rousso has been convicted of aggravated drunken driving after she killed a 5-year-old with her father's Lexus while high on pressurized keyboard cleaning fumes.

Rousso was two weeks removed from a stint in a rehab facility when she drove to a Walgreens specifically because she knew it sold products she could get high off of. Huffing her way home behind the wheel, Russo claimed she passed out when the Lexus struck 5-year-old Jaclyn Santos Sacramento, her mother, and two infant brothers on Labor Day, 2012.

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"That's what Jaclyn's life was worth...two cans of cleaner," Assistant State's Attorney Stella Veytsel said in her closing argument. "Nobody mattered to Carly Rousso except Carly Rousso."

Rousso is free on $500,000 bond until tomorrow's sentencing. She settled a civil suit with the victim's family out of court for an undisclosed amount. She had already plead guilty to reckless homicide.

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