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Ohio suspect's sister asks him to call home
CNN ^
| March 16, 2004
| CNN
Posted on 03/16/2004 9:29:33 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNN) -- The sister of the man suspected in two dozen Ohio shootings pleaded Tuesday for him to call home, telling her brother that "everything is going to be OK."
Charles McCoy Jr., 28, is accused of carrying out 24 shootings since May 2003, most of them driving along Columbus's outerbelt highway. One of the shootings was fatal.
"Charlie, we all love you very, very much, and we are very concerned about your well-being right now. Everything is going to be OK," said Amy Walton outside the family home.
"Mom and I need you to call us. We will arrange for you to come home. We love you, we miss you, you need to call us."
McCoy's mother, 48-year-old Ardith McCoy, filed a missing person report Monday saying she had not seen her son since 4 p.m. Friday.
According to the report, McCoy said her son was upset "over a possible move" and withdrew $600 from his bank account, saying he was going to a bar in the Easton neighborhood.
The report said he was wearing blue jeans, a flannel blue shirt, a white T-shirt and tennis shoes.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: columbus; mccoy; ohio; shooter; sniper
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
IIRC, the suspect is reported to be a paranoid schizophrenic. If so, it's unfortunate that he was not properly medicated so that probably none of this would have happened.
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posted on
03/16/2004 9:32:10 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(When the countdown hits zero, something's gonna happen..)
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Has there been any speculation about this guy's politics yet? Or about whether he is a known nutjob?
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posted on
03/16/2004 9:33:36 PM PST
by
beckett
To: AntiGuv
It sounds like from what I've gathered that he's been in treatment for awhile, but that he is currently not on his meds. They sort of make it sound like he has only been off them recently, like only since he's been missing. I could be misinterpreting what they're saying, but that's the way I'm understanding it right now.
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posted on
03/16/2004 9:39:07 PM PST
by
Ohioan from Florida
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
To: beckett
Politics haven't been addressed at all to my knowledge. It also sounds like maybe only his family has known about his mental condition, not the population at large.
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posted on
03/16/2004 9:42:31 PM PST
by
Ohioan from Florida
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
To: beckett
I heard tonight on TV that he is on SSI....that means some kind of disability has been identified and validated. The spokesperson said the disability was the paranoid schizophrenia.
The odds are, then, that he had been prescribed medication. But no one can force you to take it.
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posted on
03/16/2004 10:31:28 PM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army and Proud of It!)
To: Ohioan from Florida; xzins
Thank you both for the info.
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posted on
03/16/2004 10:58:02 PM PST
by
beckett
To: beckett
"Has there been any speculation about this guy's politics yet? Or about whether he is a known nutjob?"
you mean, was he a democrat?
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posted on
03/16/2004 11:01:52 PM PST
by
cherry
To: cherry
:-)
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posted on
03/16/2004 11:06:19 PM PST
by
beckett
To: AntiGuv
Yes and no. It's possible that there was manic-depressive going on as well.
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:52:45 AM PST
by
NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
(Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
To: xzins
But no one can force you to take it. Not unless he lived in a 24-hr. medication monitoring place, as did my own brother.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:06:51 AM PST
by
NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
(Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
In my early years in the chaplaincy, I served on a locked, psych ward at a Vet's Hospital.
There really are people out there who think they are space aliens.
For those of us who don't get to see that kind of thing, it's hard to believe that it actually happens.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:11:55 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army and Proud of It!)
To: xzins
Unfortunately, this man had access to guns. If I were a part of his family, I would have seen to it that no access was possible.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:48:13 AM PST
by
NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
(Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Everything is going to be OK," said Amy Walton outside the family home. Probably not, Amy.
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Excellent point!
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:53:35 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army and Proud of It!)
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