Woman intoxicated before being found alongside Garner road

Garner, N.C. — An autopsy report released Monday found that an 18-year-old woman was highly intoxicated before she was found unconscious on the side of a Garner road.

A passing driver found Mayela Orduna, of Red Oak, Texas, on the shoulder of Aversboro Road near Old Scarborough Lane on Feb. 17. She was pronounced brain dead 20 hours after being admitted to WakeMed.

An earlier toxicology report by the state chief medical examiner showed no alcohol in her blood based on a sample taken at the time of her autopsy. WakeMed tested Orduna's blood alcohol content hours earlier, upon her arrival at the hospital and found it was 0.279. Anything above .08 is considered "under the influence" in North Carolina.

Orduna's boyfriend, Spencer Bolick, told police that they argued at party at their apartment, then left in his 1993 Crown Victoria. Bolick told police that Orduna jumped from the car as he drove at 30 mph along Aversboro Road.

According to the autopsy report, Bolick drove away, but then went with partygoers to look for Orduna. The partygoers found her and called 911, but Bolick didn't stay stay at the scene.

After Orduna was pronounced dead, WakeMed doctors kept her on life support while her organs were donated.

Orduna died of a head injury consistent with exiting a moving car, according to the autopsy report.

A Feb. 23 search warrant for Bolick's text messages claims that he and other party guests "fabricated a story of how the incident occurred in order to avoid responsibility for the victim's injuries."

Garner Police were investigating the case as a suspicious death but have not filed charges.

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Her body was still metabolizing the alcohol while she was unconscious for the 20-some hours before she was declared brain dead. So it is possible that she metabolized all the alcohol before she died. A tragic ending to an unfinished life.

lvhv2003
March 24, 2009 7:34 p.m.

Didn't they just say yesterday that the autopsy showed she WASN'T???

And her being drunk shouldn't be the issue anyway. Her boyfriend leaving her after she had jumped out of the car is the issue.

God bless.

RB

Spirit Warrior Woman - Rev. RB
March 24, 2009 7:34 p.m.

So, how do you have no alcohol and then you have some??? Please explain that to me. Makes no sense.

HappyGirl08
March 24, 2009 5:21 p.m.

I apologize to the ME. I didn't pay close attention to the chronology. I still want all of them prosecuted to the max.

Ol Forrester
March 24, 2009 2:10 p.m.

It is very possible that the ME did not have the hospital reports when he initially did the autopsy. After that amount of time had gone by, the alcohol would be out of her system, which would need to happen in order for her organs to be harvested. At the time of autopsy, it was most likely that her BAC was 0. That is why these are the preliminary reports. When compared to hospital records, the discrepancy was probably seen, leading the ME to make a notation on the autopsy report.

kikinc
March 24, 2009 1:57 p.m.