by Jeff Kass
Fourteen: The Harrises: Immunity
Harris and Pools immediately after Columbine comes from author interviews with the Fergusons on 30 Jan. 2003 and David Olinger and Peggy Lowe, “Parents Try to Cope with Killers’ Legacy—Pain of Own Loss, Others’ Lingers After Columbine,” The Denver Post, Monday, 18 Oct. 1999.
Harris parents reaction day of shootings comes from author interview with Connally 18 Jan. 2001 and his report (JC- 10242).
On the day of Columbine, movie in VCR and books in basement at Harris home (JC9058); a possible bomb and explosive levels of gas (JC-7963); when the house was cleared and what was taken from the home comes from search warrant returns and JC-9088.
Harrises’ statement comes from “Parents try to cope with killers’ legacy.”
Author interviews with Dave Thomas on 22 Feb. 2001, and 17 Aug. 2001.
Harris letter issue comes from various news reports including Lisa Levitt Ryckman, “Columbine Killer’s Mom Irate Letters Weren’t Delivered—Sheriff’s Office Has Notes Harris Wrote Expressing Condolence to Families of Victims,” Rocky Mountain News, Friday, 16 July 1999.
John Masson remarks in Jeff Kass, “No Report of Interview With Harrises—‘Nothing of Substance’ Came from Meeting with Killer’s Parents, County Official Says,” Rocky Mountain News, Thursday, 23 Nov. 2000
Fifteen: The Shoels
The Carneal lawsuits come from Chapter 5 of Deadly Lessons, “No Exit: Mental Illness, Marginality, and School Violence in West Paducah, Kentucky.”
Michael Shoels remarks on Patti Nielson come from Kevin Vaughan, “Calls Swamp Radio Station After Shoelses Criticize Wounded Teacher,” Rocky Mountain News, Thursday, 1 July 1999.
Nielson’s reaction to that radio show comes from author’s 2008 email correspondence with Nielson.
United Way in Andrew Guy Jr., “Shoelses Decry Fund Decisions,” The Denver Post, Wednesday, 15 Sept. 1999.
Riddle remarks on releasing Isaiah’s autopsy in April M. Washington, “Shoelses Want Columbine Autopsies Unsealed—Judge Blocks Release, Including Killers’ Reports,” Rocky Mountain News, Friday, 18 June 1999.
Peter Boyles remarks comes from Andrew Guy Jr., “Shoelses See Love, Hate After—Columbine Parents Fighting Charges of Opportunism,” The Denver Post, Sunday, 26 Sept. 1999.
Dankside and Hit Room have business filings with the Colorado Secretary of State.
Author traveled to Virginia Tech with the Shoels as a reporter for the Rocky Mountain News: “Voice of Comfort, Insight—Father of Columbine Victim Goes to Virginia Tech to Honor ‘Promise’,” Rocky Mountain News, Saturday, 21 April 2007.
Afterword
“Hempel and colleagues (1999) found that 67% of a sample of 30 mass murderers, a non-random sample of convenience, engaged in leakage” in “The Concept of Leakage in Threat Assessment” by J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D. and Mary Ellen O’Toole, Ph.D. in Behavioral Sciences and the Law; Behav. Sci. Law (2011); Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com); DOI: 10.1002/bsl.986.
Warning signs in U.S. Department of Homeland Security Active Shooter Booklet.
Epilogue
See report of the Investigation into Missing Daily Field Activity and Daily Supervisor Reports Related to Columbine High School Shootings, and Report of the Investigation into the 1997 Directed Report and Related Matters Concerning the Columbine High School Shootings in April 1999.
“Grand Jury Report: Investigation of Missing Guerra Files,” In Re: State Grand Jury 2003-2004 Term, Case No.03CR0002, District Court, City and County of Denver, Colorado.
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