Sometime in the period 2003 through 2009, there was a mass murder incident in Missouri and thereabouts that involved a guy who had sought mental health assistance after a suicide attempt. My vague recollection is that he was in and out of the hospital in a matter of hours, partly because the state simply lacked the space to help him. I cannot find the details of this incident. Can anyone give me some pointers to it?
UPDATE: David W. Logsdon was the killer at the Ward Parkway Mall in 2007. Thanks to a reader who found it. While not in this article, other references that I saw at the time indicated that he checked himself in for help before this incident, and because of a bed shortage, was discharged six hours later. Now that I have a name, I have a better chance of finding the article discussing the bed shortage.
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I have lived in Missouri for over forty and have no recollection about anything like this. Do you recall any more details at all that might trigger my memory?
I think it involved a mall shooting with a fairly small body count. Someone pointed me to this tragedy involving Raymond Woods http://www.larryrobison.org/pages/raymond_wood.htm that happened in Missouri in 2000, but this was not the one that I was looking for.
How about this?
http://www.larryrobison.org/pages/raymond_wood.htm
Basil
Looks like our posts crossed on the wires. I should have known it would not be that easy to find, if you haven't found it already.
Basil
Well, since you said "mall shooting" could it be this?
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/former-target-employee-idd-as-missouri-mall-shooter.html
Yes, that's the guy!
Clayton,
Did you find everything you needed on this topic? I know a Missouri State Trooper who may be able to help if there's something specific you need to know.
Kevin
found it all!
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