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Paducah shooter pleads guilty
Michael Carneal admitted
to the Dec. 1 shooting that
killed three students
By James Prichard
The Associated Press
PADUCAH, Ky. — A timid
looking teen ager who opened fire
on a high school prayer circle,
killing three fellow students,
pleaded guilty but mentally ill
Monday and will have to spend at
least 25 years in prison.
With his arms folded, Michael
Adam Carneal acknowledged car
rying out the attack last Dec. 1 at
Heath High School in West Padu
cah.
Five other people were wound
ed in the rampage, one of a series
of school shootings that rocked
the nation during the last school
year.
Defense attorney Chuck
Granner said that Carneal be
lieved that his classmates
ridiculed him and that the shoot
ings would bring him acceptance.
"Michael understands that his
feelings, attitudes and beliefs at
the time of the shootings were, in
fact, wrong,” the lawyer said. "He
deeply regrets the overwhelming
pain, the injuries and the loss of
life that his acts have caused.”
Judge Jeff Hines accepted the
plea on the condition that Carneal
get the maximum — life in prison
without the possibility of parole
for 25 years — at sentencing Dec.
16. The victims’ families had orig
inally opposed the plea because
Carneal could have been eligible
for parole in as little as 12 years.
“He’s definitely going to serve
25 years,” prosecutor Tim
Kaltenbach said. “While today’s
events will not undo the horrible
tragedy that affected and will con
tinue to affect so many lives, we
hope that in some measure it will
begin to ease the pain.”
Cameal will be held in a juve
nile detention center until his
18th birthday, when he will be
transferred to an adult prison. His
mental health will be evaluated,
and he could receive treatment.
His attorney characterized
Cameal as paranoid, with a schiz
ophrenia-like personality disor
der, and said that with treatment,
“we might have a chance of sal
vaging a young man.”
A verdict of guilty to murder
without the finding of mental ill
ness carries a term of life with pa
role possible after 25 years. In
Kentucky, a defendant must be at
least 16 when the crime is com
mitted to get the death penalty.
Carneal was 14 at the time of the
attack.
Granner read a statement on be
half of the boy’s parents, John and
Ann Carneal, that said the family
was “determined to do the right
thing” for everyone.
Deputies whisked Carneal,
wearing a bulletproof vest,
through a side door of the court
house before the hearing. Many of
the spectators who filled the cour
thouse were of high school age.
Cameal opened fire in the high
school lobby as the prayer meet
ing was breaking up. Witnesses
said he reached into a backpack,
drew a pistol and fired rapidly for
about five seconds into the crowd
of about 35 students.
Jessica James, 17, Kayce Steger,
15, and Nicole Hadley, 14, all
members of the prayer group,
were killed. Melissa Jenkins, 15 at
the time, was left paralyzed from
the chest down. The prayer
group’s leader, Ben Strong, a pas
tor’s son who was then 17, was
credited with preventing more
bloodshed by persuading Cameal
to stop firing.
“The plea bargain announced
today is a major step toward re
solving one of the most painful
chapters in this tragedy we’ve
been forced to live," the slain
girls’ families said in a statement
that referred to Cameal as “the
murderer who killed our daugh
ters.”
“It is our hope that today’s an
nouncement sends a clear mes
sage that this outrageous violence
will not be tolerated.”
Carneal was charged as an
adult with three counts of murder
and five counts of attempted mur
der, plus burglary, for stealing the
pistol used in the shootings and
four other guns from a home.
It was the second in a series of
school shootings over several
months. Two students were
killed in Pearl, Miss., and four
students and a teacher died in an
ambush in Jonesboro, Ark. A
teacher was killed at a school
dance in Edinboro, Pa., and two
students were shot to death in
Springfield.
Veteran’s son searches for answers
An Oregon man hopes
that DNA tests will identify
his father’s remains
The Associated Press
SALEM — An Albany man
will travel to Hawaii on Tuesday
to examine what could be the re
mains of his father, a Vietnam
War pilot once thought to be
buried in the Tomb of the Un
knowns.
David Amesbury said the trip
could answer nagging questions
about the fate of Air Force Maj.
Harry Amesbury, whose plane
was shot down over Vietnam in
1972.
“This will be one of the hard
est things I’ve ever done in my
life,” Amesbury said. “I’m going
to have scientists pick up a bone
and say this is probably your fa
ther, and this mark or this mark
suggests that he met a violent
death.”
Amesbury. 40, knows there’s
little doubt that his father and
five crewmen died April 22,
1972, when their C-130 Hercules
crashed near An Loc.
But like many families of
Americans missing in action
from the war, it’s difficult to let
go of even the slimmest hope
without a positive identification,
partly because of the widespread
belief that some American pris
oners of war were left behind in
Vietnam.
“Nowadays, they use the word
‘closure,’” said Amesbury, an as
sistant state attorney general.
Earlier this year, the Defense
Department invited Amesbury to
the Central Identification labora
tory in Hawaii for a complete re
view of the forensic evidence
that the laboratory has compiled
on the remains.
The invitation was a break
through that the family has been
waiting for since 1992. That’s
when the military told them the
remains were the right size to be
their dad’s but offered no other
information.
At 6-foot-4, Harry Amesbury
was taller than any other service
man killed in the area.
Determined that the identifica
tion must be accurate, David
Amesbury has insisted that inde
pendent experts review the
records. That may now finally
come to pass.
Laboratory officials say that
teeth recovered from the crash
site have been positively identi
fied as those of Harry Amesbury.
A report on the teeth has been
sent to a forensic odontologist in
Milwaukie, Ore., for an indepen
dent review.
“We have never experienced
the openness that they seem to be
exhibiting now, so we are hope
ful,” Amesbury said.
Commuter boats face space shortage
A Seattle ferry lowers
passenger limits, saying
that 18 inches per
commuter is insufficient
The Associated Press
SEATTLE — Below-the-waist
spread among Puget Sound com
muters is presenting ferry offi
cials with a dilemma.
The ferry Skagit, which car
ries passengers between
Vashon Island and Seattle, can
accommodate 250 people — in
theory.
But this spring, after ferry
workers noted some passengers
were forced to sit in the aisles at
peak times, officials trimmed that
number to 240.
Last month, officials had an
other reality check and lowered
the number again, to 230. That
made it almost certain that peo
ple would be left behind on the
suburban and rural island. The
Skagit takes 115 from Vashon
plus 115 transfers from nearby
Southworth.
This week, a pair of passengers
got themselves arrested by slip
ping aboard the Skagit in defi
ance of the limits — and refusing
to leave.
The overcrowding dilemma
turns on the Coast Guard’s stan
dard allotment of 18 inches of
seat-width per person. Simply
put, the 18-inch butt rule hasn’t
kept pace with the times — or
commuters’ girths.
“Eighteen-inch butts are a
thing of the past,” ferry spokes
woman Susan Harris said. "We
have all expanded.”
So when Vashon residents Lori
Gustavson and Brian Ewing com
mitted their act of civil disobedi
ence on Wednesday’s 7 a.m.
Vashon Island to Seattle run,
boat riders clapped and cheered
their support.
“I’m tired of seeing my neigh
bors left behind at the dock,”
said Gustavson, a criminal-de
fense lawyer. "... I wanted to cre
ate a little fuss to bring attention
to the problem.”
Ferry officials do not deny
that limiting passenger num
bers and overcrowding are
problems. Harris said the sys
tem does not have the capacity
to meet the demand.
Relief is in sight, however.
Next September, a larger vessel,
the Tyee — capacity 275 — will
arrive to serve the Vashon run.