The case has been dismissed against a 17-year-old Redding girl accused in the drinking death of Shelby Lyn Allen. Late Thursday afternoon, the judge dismissed the charges including one count of felony manslaughter and two misdemeanors involving providing alcohol to a minor.

Shelby Lyn Allen was found dead in a Palo Cedro home last December after a night of drinking with friends in the accused girl's home. Prosecutors argued her friend didn't do enough to save Shelby's life but the judge ruled the girl did not do anything to make the situation worse and, therefore, the charges could not stand.

In an interview with KRCR News Channel 7, Steve Allen, Shelby's father said ,"We'll never have closure about losing our daughter but my family's life is the same yesterday before concluding the trial as it was today and as it will be tomorrow after the trial's concluded. This has absolutely no effect on my family's life other than it was distracting us from our educational message."