Spring Creek Lodge Man Attempts Murder

[Anonymous]

Would you want this man to have the care of your child?

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005 ... news07.txt

Plains man shot multiple times, shooter kills self

By John Stromnes of the Missoulian

PLAINS - A Thompson Falls man shot another man multiple times with a handgun early Wednesday morning, then shot and killed himself at a Plains residence, law officers in Sanders County said.

The shooter, after seven rounds, turned the gun on himself and committed suicide, according to Plains Police Chief Shawn Emmett, who is handling the investigation.

Remarkably, the victim, Marvin Burrell, 28, of Plains, survived as many as seven gunshot wounds. Burrell worked for a local concrete company, the police chief said.

The dead man was identified as Keith Wood, 31, of Thompson Falls, who was employed at Spring Creek Lodge, a residential academy for troubled youth west of Thompson Falls.

The handgun was a .40-caliber Glock semi-automatic pistol.

Sanders County Sheriff Gene Arnold said Burrell was taken to Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains where he was treated and "stabilized." He was then transported to St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula where he was listed in serious condition Wednesday night.

Burrell had multiple surgeries, but appears to be recovering, said Emmett, who noted that Burrell suffered gunshot wounds to his chest, arms and legs.

The shooting occurred about 2:15 a.m. at a duplex in Plains. Four people were in the rental unit. Neither Wood nor Burrell lived there.

Wood's body was taken to the state Crime Lab in Missoula for an autopsy. Investigation into motive is ongoing.

The two men were not close friends or acquaintances, Emmett said.

Officers were called to the scene immediately after the shooting by others at the apartment. Further details were not immediately available.

[Anonymous]

What do you suppose was behind this, if the two men didn't even know one another?
That is very odd.
Wonder what he did at SCL?
I hope the story is followed up on.

[Anonymous]

At a guess?  Somebody did something the other one thought was rude or inconsiderate, that one said or did something hostile "back" and it escalated from there.

Um...why you don't want your kid cared for in a facility where the state doesn't require them, by law, to do criminal background checks on employees.

But are there *any* states that require it?

I don't know.

But it sure is one of the reforms the industry needs.

People who murder (and this guy was certainly trying to) have an average of one prior felony conviction and generally have a rap sheet as long as your arm.

Odds on, this was not this fool's first brush with the law.

Then again, if the facilities did criminal background checks and didn't hire people with long rap sheets, maybe they'd have to pay their employees more.  *gasp* Oh, the horror!  The humanity!

 :roll:

Okay, assumption on little data, I know, but the odds still are that the shooter had a record.  And probably other obvious warning signs, too.

Usually when you look back at one of these cases the warning signs are glaringly obvious and anybody but a total idiot would have known the guy was a ticking timebomb.

Unfortunately, the ones that say, "No, there were no warning signs at all...." are usually total idiots.

"Oh, well, he always said Norman Bates was his hero, but he was such a kidder!  Always joking around like that.  One time he even snuck into my house and surprised me in the shower with a knife.  Such a practical joker!  Wonderful sense of humor for such a quiet guy.  Always minded his own business, kept to himself....  Nope, no warning signs at all."

:roll:

Timoclea

[Anonymous]

My my my Keith Wood was part of the nurturing loving credentialed Spring Creek Lodge staff which Lisa I from Teen Help told us was the best that World Wide had to offer.

He sounds consistent with the details I have heard from kids who had been there .


Unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

I am a former student of Spring Creek Lodge and of Mr. Keith Wood. He was definitely an amazing and compassionate man. He was always there to help and cared about each and every one of his students. Spring Creek Lodge was one of the best experiences of my life. It was a difficult journey but what do you expect a recovery program to be, easy? I don?t think you should post things that you have no personal experience of, because if it weren?t for SCLA myself and a lot of other successful former students would be lost. Spring Creek Lodge and Mr. Keith Wood along with many other of the staff have helped hundreds of confused lost and lonely young adults to find their true selves. they have  assisted in bringing broken families back together. they assisted me in finding my purpose and setting up a values system for my life, as well as assisted me in repairing the relationship with my parents and family. Who I love very dearly to this day. Keith Wood was a good man, We all make non-working decisions in life, and no one knows what went on that night when this horrible tragedy happened. I am not saying that his choice was a good one because I don?t think that it was at all, but you cant blame SCLA for his actions. All I know is that at SCLA Keith Wood was a great person to be around and was always there to help. He had faith is each and every one of his students, and held them to a high standard for success. Keith Wood was a devoted man to his students and friends and he will be missed by many. He made a non-working decision but we will always love him and miss him.

[Perrigaud]

What about the priests that molest people. A lot of people go to church.
People that do such crimes against humanity are found everywhere. Look at Mr. Gacy. No one would ever think he was capable of such things. He was a husband, a dad, a buisiness man, and a nieghbor that no one ever suspected a thing. It's scary but not surprising.

[Anonymous]

On 2005-02-06 22:30:00, Anonymous wrote:

"I am a former student of Spring Creek Lodge and of Mr. Keith Wood. He was definitely an amazing and compassionate man. He was always there to help and cared about each and every one of his students. Spring Creek Lodge was one of the best experiences of my life. It was a difficult journey but what do you expect a recovery program to be, easy? I don?t think you should post things that you have no personal experience of, because if it weren?t for SCLA myself and a lot of other successful former students would be lost. Spring Creek Lodge and Mr. Keith Wood along with many other of the staff have helped hundreds of confused lost and lonely young adults to find their true selves. they have  assisted in bringing broken families back together. they assisted me in finding my purpose and setting up a values system for my life, as well as assisted me in repairing the relationship with my parents and family. Who I love very dearly to this day. Keith Wood was a good man, We all make non-working decisions in life, and no one knows what went on that night when this horrible tragedy happened. I am not saying that his choice was a good one because I don?t think that it was at all, but you cant blame SCLA for his actions. All I know is that at SCLA Keith Wood was a great person to be around and was always there to help. He had faith is each and every one of his students, and held them to a high standard for success. Keith Wood was a devoted man to his students and friends and he will be missed by many. He made a non-working decision but we will always love him and miss him.





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The amount of cultspeak in that post is frightening.

[Anonymous]

That post sounds like WWASPS's PR department.....

[Anonymous]

This person's "feed back" is so obvious.

"Keith Wood made a non working decision."

Tht's nice the other guy has seven bullets in him.  My question is,  did Keith Wood have nay prior offenses and why would a Non working decision maker be working with at risk teens in an unregulated enviornment?

I say save the BS for people who don't really know what takes place at SCL behind closed doors.

[Anonymous]

I was in SCL for a while several years ago... and just found this website. I'm glad there are other's out there talking about what really goes on in that hell hole. I can't remember a staff with that name, Keith. Hope he thought about the kids still there when he pulled the trigger.

[Antigen]

On 2005-02-06 22:30:00, Anonymous wrote:

All I know is that at SCLA Keith Wood was a great person to be around and was always there to help.

Except, of course, when he went on a homocidal, suicidal rampage.

Do you understand that this "non working decision" of Mr. Wood's is what people in the real world call "homocidal psychosis"? And that it's just sheer luck that you're around to talk about it? He might just as easily have plugged you and a few others while at SCLA instead of the other place.

The depth of brainwashing evident in your response is astounding! Do you have any idea how hard it is for Program vets to make normal people understand just how bug all crazy you people are? Thank you for your contribution to the discussion. It really is helpful.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves

--Ronald Reagan

[LSwi]

Are we talking about Amy's Keith??  and what exactly happened?
someone fill me in.  
Any old innocence family out there?

[Anonymous]

I know a family that lives in the area where all this happened.
When the story hit the paper, I asked if they could shed any light on the event.
I was told that the conversation at Boondoglers (the local beer joint)has it that Woods was dating a lady know around there as Bongo Bonnie.
Bongo Bonnie was playing the field, and someone ratted her out to Woods.
He went over to her place just as a party was breaking up and blasted a man who had returned for his coat. Don't know weather or not the dude was Bongo's play mate. He might have just gotten between Woods and her - might have trying to help her - Might have just shown up at the wrong time.
Comment on Woods ranged from he was a nice guy, to he was a loose cannon, and so on. About what you'd expect.
But anyway - that is the talk at the beer joint where he hung out.

[Anonymous]

:eek:
I am also a former student at Spring Creek. As much as I hated doing some of the stuff we had to do there.. I would have been dead if I wouldnt have went. I was close with keith and he is an amazing person. I couldnt believe that keith would go to the extent of shooting someone... over a girl... Yes that settles it.. hands down.. Dude was fuckin keith's girl and he was in a jealious rage. Thats what happend. If I ever see the girl please know Im gonna take it to her ass.

[Antigen]

Well, here's hoping that you don't run into the girl before you've had some time to cool down and think things through. It's not her fault that the guy turned out to be a fucking psycho. No matter how bad a lover's betrayal can tear you up, and no matter how badly the guy might have treated the girl, that was a fucking insane response by any reasonable standard.

Tragic, yes. But not the girl's fault.

G:   "If we do happen to step on a mine, Sir, what do we do?"
EB:  "Normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump 200 feet in the air and scatter oneself over a wide area."
-- Somewhere in No Man's Land, BA4