Attention Gun Control Idiots: A gun made this possible

Feb 2, 2013


LAMPE – Two juveniles suspected of killing an elderly couple Thursday had run away from a local at-risk boys ranch earlier this week, officials have confirmed.

“The boys had run away, and we had reported that to the proper authorities,” said Richard Bottorf, chairman of Lives Under Construction Ranch. The two are suspected of killing Paul and Margaret Brooks in a Table Rock Lake home Thursday night. Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said police had no indication from the report that the boys were dangerous.
Stone County deputies received a call from a resident of Trace Hollow Road at 5:43 p.m. Thursday. The man reported that he was holding two young men at gunpoint after confronting them for suspicious behavior.

The man continued to hold the juveniles, ages 15 and 16, at gunpoint for 14 minutes until the first sheriff's deputy arrived at 1722 Trace Hollow Road.

The suspects are in custody but are not being held in Stone County, juvenile officer Keith Parris said. There is no juvenile facility in Stone County. There were no publicly available documents available this evening.

Paul Brooks, 70 and Margaret Brooks, 69, of Baldwin, Mich., were found dead inside the home. The bodies have been sent to Columbia for autopsies, after which the sheriff hopes to know more about how they died.

“Apparent signs of foul play prompted further investigation,” Rader said.

The two juveniles were first spotted taking items from the house next door, according to a neighbor.

Jack Martin, who owns the house next door to the victims, a rental which had been vacant for several months, received a phone message from Rick Balsley.

Balsley lives across the street from where the victims lived.

Balsley’s first message was that the youths were in a blue vehicle with no front license plate. The second phone message he left was shorter. He told Martin to call him as quickly as possible and that it was "important."

Martin did not listen to the voice messages until after returning from work at 9 p.m. He then called Balsley, who told him that the Brookses were dead.

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