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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1998
Page
3
In a western style manhunt near Bluff Utah two survivalists suspected in the killing of a police officer and the wounding of another were cornered in a canyon as a third suspect died by suicide with pipe bombs attached to his body. Dozens of officers including National Guard and SWAT converged after the Cortez attack.
Luke Woodham testified he was tormented by demons and under a satanic mentor when he killed his mother with a butcher knife on October 1, the same day he allegedly shot classmates at Pearl High School in Mississippi. He sobbed that he did not recall killing his mother and blamed mental illness and a cultish influence led by Grant Boyette for the school rampage.
In Findlay Township near Pittsburgh a man, Vincent Spik, 37, killed his five year old twins with a sledgehammer after they were slow to get ready for day care. He called police to confess saying he had just killed his children. Both children suffered multiple blows. Spik was jailed on homicide charges. The victims were named Robert and Emily and his wife Susan was at work. Police described the incident as a sudden break in a planned act. The superintendent commented on the harsh nature of the crime.
Allentown Pennsylvania officials report a 41 year old U S Foodservice Inc warehouse worker William Mush Jr. returned from disciplinary leave with a 40 caliber handgun and shot three managers including the warehouse manager human resources manager and the vice president of operations before fatally shooting himself in the distribution center.
A 16 year old girl in a Florida minivan was struck by a 28 inch metal rod that pierced the windshield and lodged in the seat as her father drove on Interstate 95. She survived initial treatment with a perforated lung and was listed in critical condition but expected to recover. Authorities said a rod was kicked up by another vehicle.
Four of the twelve Freemen on trial in Billings Montana continued fasting and refusing to attend hearings. A nurse, ordered by US District Judge John C. Coughenour, examined them and officials arranged for doctors to monitor the group. Nine of the twelve have fasted since May 26, with some forcibly brought to a viewing room in handcuffs to watch the proceedings on television.
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