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micmac
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 Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:37 pm Post subject: crime scene on Park Rd? |
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| What is up with the line of Police cruisers on Park Rd. in the park between the Parkway and the bridge? I think I saw yellow crime scene tape.
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jack
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| Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:12 pm Post subject: Park Road |
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| Body found in the woods there, just across the bridge. -- Jack
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micmac
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| Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I hope it wasn't that guy who lived in the park and used a crutch. I could never understand how he could survive the winter or figure out where his camp was.
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jack
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| Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:05 pm Post subject: Park Road incident |
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| micmac wrote: | | I hope it wasn't that guy who lived in the park and used a crutch. I could never understand how he could survive the winter or figure out where his camp was. |
I fear the same. Haven't seen him in some time. He wasn't a bad guy, albeit a bit deranged. -- Jack
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micmac
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I found his camp. It is right where the police were standing. He must have died of exposure, maybe during the snowstorms.
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jack
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:21 pm Post subject: Park Road incident |
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| micmac wrote: | | I found his camp. It is right where the police were standing. He must have died of exposure, maybe during the snowstorms. |
And that causes me to feel guilt. I saw him hobbling around in the cold weather, and wondered what I could do for him. Then I went on to my warm home, and forgot about it. I should have done better. -- Jack
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micmac
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I have seen that man making his way up Park Road in all sorts of weather for years. I kind of admired his stubborn independence and thought that he would not welcome someone interfering with that. We will never know. His suffering is over now.
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bdweller
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe I saw him post-blizzard/snowstorm. However I have not seen him in at least a week. Usually it was everyday. Sad.
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Jeff
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| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Has anyone confirmed whether the body found was the man with a crutch? I think his name is William.
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Sharon
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| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| William was another homeless guy that used to hang out at the corner of Park & Mt Pleasant St. I haven't seen him around for months. The guy on crutches was a bit deranged but would sometime stop his ranting to say hello.
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jack
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:09 pm Post subject: The man with the crutch |
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| Does anybody know anything about him? Anything that might help identify him? I'm told that the police cannot identify him. -- Jack
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micmac
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| Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| You should soon be receiving accurate information about our deceased friend from a long time resident of Ingleside Terrace who knew him.
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Bill
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:16 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks micmac. I recall hearing that the homeless man actually lived at one time in Mount Pleasant a very long time ago.
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jack
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:43 am Post subject: the man with the crutch |
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| micmac wrote: | | You should soon be receiving accurate information about our deceased friend from a long time resident of Ingleside Terrace who knew him. |
OK, good. I am told that he's got relatives nearby in Columbia Heights, and I surely would like to have them know what's happened. The police are apparently stymied. -- Jack
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jack
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:55 pm Post subject: Bruce Fields ceremony |
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I didn't do very well at finding out about this man. (The police weren't any help.) There was a final ceremony for him today, and a resident was kind enough to lend me the program, part of which is attached here, including a brief obituary. -- Jack
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