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March 24, 2004
"Kill Yer Neighbor" Manhunt
There's a big manhunt going on in Alread, a little community out in the middle of freakin' nowhere Arkansas. Pretty wild & woolly country out there, it's about 20 miles or so (as the crow flies) east of where I grew up. My sis had been telling me about all the survivalists that had moved in around there. Some pretty scary folks....I call 'em "kill yer neighbor" people. And allegedly these two did exactly that.
Officers also wanted to talk to the two about the disappearance of Theodore R. Throneberry (search), 46, and his wife, Ann Ryberg Throneberry, 45, whose home was about a half-mile from the cabin.
Throneberry was last seen in February and his wife has been missing since March 1.
Police said Holsombach and Frazier had been seen in the Throneberrys' yard and were the last people seen with Ann Throneberry.
When the troopers showed up to serve a couple of warrants, these two apparently thought the revolution they'd been planning for had started & opened fire, wounding one of the state troopers.
Larry Scott, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (search) said the area around the cabin had a mixture of slopes, structures and bunkers, two of which were filled with weapons and military-type gear.
"It's actually designed for an attack," Scott said.
"They've been planning for something like this for some time," said Van Buren County Sheriff Scott Bradley. "The survival skills are to their advantage, but we still think we're going to be able to get them."
Be luck if they do, there's a lot of places to hide out in the woods 'round there. At least they've brought in tracking dogs today, so they might be able to tree 'em up.
If not, some of the locals might see 'em skulking around one of their places & blow their heads off.......which is more likely. Not much to eat out in the woods right now.
Wouldn't that just be a shame.
Posted by Rita at March 24, 2004 02:51 PM
Comments
I am glad you are now armed and dangerous. The only prob you have is the re-load time, but that is minimized with your accuracy co-efficient.......
Posted by: Bill at March 25, 2004 09:08 AM
Did you ever get around to buying that .50-caliber Smith & Wesson?
Posted by: Steve H. aka Dieter at March 25, 2004 11:13 PM
Shoot Bill, I haven't been unarmed since I was a kid. I haven't shot the black powder yet; I'll have to get my ma to show me how to load it. Besides, if we lived anywhere close to where those boys are, they could say hello to my lil' friend, Mr. 12 Gauge.
No Steve, I've so far resisted the urge to splurge on that. So far.
Posted by: Rita at March 26, 2004 05:43 AM