Sacred From Sacred Thomas French mourns son Caleb in Taos cabin ritual
Caleb French, 20, killed himself Jan 5 in a Taos cabin after a years long struggle with paranoid schizophrenia. His father, Thomas French, described a five day cleanup, an altar under a north window, and memories of Caleb on a hiking Father’s Day trip. He traced Caleb’s early drug use and psychiatric episodes, including a psychotic break in 2002 and a 2003 admission to a youth mental health unit.
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Thomas French
Caleb French
Upper Ranchitos Road
Peggy French
Joe Hoar
French
Rio Pueblo de Taos
Caleb
Brazos
Aspen Groves
Aspen Grove
Dad
Rio Pueblo
Gallup
Idaho Falls
Tragic family saga ends as Caleb dies after standoff
In Taos Idaho family recounts a deadly New Year drama. Caleb French, under mental strain and possible drug influence, allegedly shot his mother Peggy French and fled. His father Thomas French recalls efforts to hospitalize him, the long search, and final confrontation at a cabin where Caleb fired two shots. Thomas reflects on parenting, drugs, and a spiritual farewell.
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State Hospital South
Blackfoot
Taos
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Peggy French
Joe Hoar
Madeleine Herrmann
Gorge
Talpa
Rio Pueblo
Joe
Peggy
BLOTTER: January 10 Local incidents and disturbances
A busy morning and night with reports of suspicious juveniles in a field near Albright, an attempted purse snatching on 120 Plaza, drug deal suspicions at 1515 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, a narcotics pickup behind a hotel, a bag of white powder found in a gutter, a laundry room fire at 226 Kit Carson, an ER injury after a vehicle collision, handicap parking dispute at 404 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, a payout dispute linked to a paid worker, jail inmate marijuana, a beer run near the Sports Bar, a bank alarm at First State Bank, a Subway theft scene at 1104 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, a vehicle pursuit ending in custody, multiple shots fired near Camino del Medio, property damage at Camino del Medio, a sex assault case in Red River, a structure fire at 110 Quesnel, suspicious drug activity at 1515 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, a tailgating blue Escort on Rio Lucero, and a dissatisfied room rental at 1321 Paseo del Pueblo Sur.
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Paseo del Pueblo Sur
Valverde
Kit Carson
Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Gusdorf
Albuquerque
Adam
Dea
Salazar
Cafida
Allsups
Hot Springs Road
Camino del Medio
Rio Lucero
Taos PD
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Dalai Lama
Wkshank
Taosnews.com
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First State Bank
Herdner
Weimer— Agency
Red River
Red River Dispatch
Holy Cross Hospital
Marshal
Eaese
Dale R. Cameron
Taos and
Santa Fe
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Dale
American Cancer Society
P.O. Box
Oklahoma City
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Hanton Funeral Home
Mhia Gc
Desert Rose Bookkeeping and Tax Center
Plaza Garcia
New Mexico
Cence
JoAnn Baca
State Farm
Wanda Quintang
Kit Carson Road Taps
Wanda.quintana
Statefarm.com
Story Tare Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
State Fara Indumnity Company
Bloomingran 1
Statalan
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