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.
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?
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteHow about this?
ReplyDeletehttp://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.
ReplyDeleteBasil
Well, since you said "mall shooting" could it be this?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.buzzle.com/articles/former-target-employee-idd-as-missouri-mall-shooter.html
Yes, that's the guy!
ReplyDeleteClayton,
ReplyDeleteDid 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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