'You did this to yourself': Teen who blamed acne meds for shooting 2 friends, killing 1, but told cops he 'wanted to commit a homicide,' learns fate

Law & Crime ^ | 9/2/25 | David Harris

[Round Earther]

An 18-year-old Texas man who said he "wanted to commit a homicide for a long time" and followed through on that desire when he shot two of his friends, killing one, just days before Christmas, is headed to prison for a long time.

Connor Lynn Hilton was sentenced to 50 years behind bars after pleading guilty to the murder of 18-year-old Ethan Riley and the shooting of Benjamin Bliek on Dec. 23, 2023, in Galveston County. ... "Stop crying. You did this to yourself. Secondly, the grief you have caused the Rileys and my own family, I will never forgive you. Pucker your butt cheeks."

[Lizavetta]

Accurate is an evil drug. I knew and loved a woman who adopted a baby whose birth mother had taken that drug. He’s severely retarded.

Back in my acne days I was on Accutane twice. The birth defects warnings were everywhere. I think you had to prove you weren't pregnant before they let you start taking it. Even my son had to sign something saying he wasn't pregnant when he started it.

It makes your skin and eyes very dry and the lips are constantly peeling and I personally didn't have any other side effects. It works very well.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Perfectly sensible defense. If the murderer of San Fran mayor Moscone and Harvey Milk can use the Twinkie Defense, why not the acne medication defense.

Think of all the crazies dumped on the streets in the 1970s! Declared “sane” IF they take their medications. Mass murder took off like a rocket.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

50 years? I had a working companion whose wife had a kinsman murdered. The murderer was given Life in an Arkansas prison farm.
She said she was glad he got life in a prison farm because it meant he would be picking cucumbers in the hot sun all day and getting b-—f-—ed all night.

[Round Earther]

It was not a defense, he pled guilty.

He will be going to TDC.

[Tacrolimus1mg]

Girls and women who take it have to attest to their providers AND the state that they are on birth control.

REMS website. Look it up. One exists for clozapine, too.

[Mercat]

Well, teenage girls never lie. LOL

[microgeek42]

It completely cleared me up, and what came back was no comparison to what I had had. But, it made my spine hurt, I had to stop for a month because I couldn’t carry my backpack across campus.

I’ve always called it “the best poison I ever took.”