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May 4, 1948: Joseph Lewis Gray born.
July 10, 1981: William Elliot born.
August 9, 1985: Stephen A. Marshall born in Fort Worth, Texas.
1988: Stephen and parents Margaret and Ralph move to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
1992: Joseph Lewis Gray convicted in Massachusetts in 1992 of raping a child and indecent assault and battery on a person under 14.
Summer 1993: Stephen goes to live with grandparents in Arizona. His mother Margaret and six-week old sister Sarah also move down to Arizona later in the fall. Stephen's father stays in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. However, Stephen's parents will separate after they return later in 2004.
1996-1997: Stephen attends Malcolm Monroe middle school until March. During the last several weeks of the school year, his mother removes him after bullying incidents.
Summer-Fall 1999: Stephen moves to Culdesac, Idaho to live with his father. Ralph is Executive Director of the Clearwater Economic Development Corporation and is voluntary mayor of Culdesac. Stephen attends grades nine, ten and eleven at Culdesac High School.
2000: 14-yr-old Stephen sets up his own website. He links to website with the "sweetist pics of weapons that you can find anywhere" and lists "personal dislikes" including, "minorities getting special treatment, men who don't keep their women in line, Asthma.women in general, the beautiful people, my job, cleaning, school, society, the disgusting commercialization of our daily lives, the economic system, capitalism (But it'll do for now), rich people, the United Nations, a world government, the feds, the man and his rules, civil oppression, the "Patriot Act" of 2001."
2001: A clique called "Slacker's Coalition in Arms" founded by Stephen and friends. The "main goal is to provide advice for protecting yourself from the tyrannical educational institution."
Stephen's friend and classmate Kris Peterson Jr. is charged with molesting a minor. He receives counseling and is put on probation.
April 24, 2001: Stephen charged by police (read the report) with felony aggravated assault afterbreaking up a scuffle in front of his house, AR 15 assault rifle in hand.
July 27, 2001: Stephen appears in court for sentencing - placed on probation for six months, ordered to attend a hunter's safety course, write an apology letter and five-page paper on teen violence.
August 10 & 16, 2001: James R. Phillips Ph.D., conducts mental health evaluation of Stephen as part of his probation. It finds "Mr. Marshall's responses do suggest that he often somewhat questioning of authority and distrusting of the motivations of others. He is likely to be quite introspective and calculating in his actions."
The report concludes that: "No significant psychopathology is present that would have any impact on Mr. Marshall's ability to comply with the conditions of his Informal Adjustment, or contribute to the likelihood of his commitment of future crimes."
August 19, 2001: Stephen writes five-page paper on teen violence as part of probation requirements. It is entitled Guns And Their Relation To Juvenile Crime. He cites the NRA as one of his sources.
March 20, 2002: William Elliott charged with "sexual abuse of a minor." He is convicted on June 12 and incarcerated for four months at Penobscot County Jail in Maine.
June 5, 2002: Culdesac city maintenance supervisor Kris Dee Peterson Sr., the father of Kris Peterson Jr., is arrested for sexually abusing two minors. Later Peterson Sr. pleads guilty to two counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child and is given two consecutive 15 year sentences and ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution for each count.
Summer-Fall 2002: Stephen Marshall moves to Phoenix, Arizona to live with his half-sister and her family. Stephen attends senior year at Desert Vista High School in Arizona.
Spring-Summer 2003: Stephen visits his mother for the first time since leaving Nova Scotia four years earlier. Stephen also visits his father, who is now living with his first wife, in Colorado.
May-June, 2003: Stephen's old high school friend, Chance Coombes, has sex with an underage girl at a friend's house in Fort Collins, Colorado. He is charged with sexual assault on a child. He later pleads guilty to intimidating a witness and third degree assault. (It is not known whether Stephen met Chance when they were both in Colorado.)
September 2003: Stephen moves back to Nova Scotia to live with his mom and attends computer course at Memorial High School, North Sydney.
December 2003: Canadian military informs Stephen that it cannot accept him because of his asthma.
August 2004: Stephen sees psychiatrist twice for depression, cancels next meetings.
January-February 2005: Stephen Marshall moves into a rooming house in Whitney Pier, Sydney, Nova Scotia.
April 9, 2005: Convicted Cape Breton pedophile Francis Doyle released from prison, resides at rooming house in Whitney Pier, Sydney where Stephen lives.
April-May 2005: Stephen moves into apartment on Regent Street, North Sydney. He meets and becomes friends with housemates Dan Devoe, Devon Farrell and Courtney Burton.
Read an e-mail from Stephen to one of his friends in Idaho describing his life in Nova Scotia.
Fall 2005: Ralph visits Stephen in Sydney.
January 2006: Friends and family notice that Stephen isn't himself, he seems to be depressed. Stephen faints at work.
Stephen and his mother Margaret meet with Pastor Kevin Mattatall, Stephen accepts Christ into his life, starts attending church regularly.
April 11, 2006: Stephen withdraws $500 (Cdn) from his bank account.
Stephen withdraws $2657.00 (USD) from his U.S. account, leaving a balance in that account of only 61 cents.
April 12, 2006: Early in the morning Stephen says good-bye to his housemates, tells Courtney and Devon he is going to Baddeck, Cape Breton. Instead, he heads for Maine to visit his father who is now living in that State.
Stephen uses interac for a purchase at The Source for $1,076.32. Margaret, his mother, assumes this was the purchase of his laptop computer. He also purchases GPS mapping software.
Stephen has car trouble and pulls into the Coastal Inn in Sackville, New Brunswick for the night. Calls housemate Dan Devoe, lies, tells him he's in Baddeck visiting grandparents.
April 13, 2006: Stephen's father has been expecting him. Stephen calls him to pick him up and drive him to his house in Houlton, Maine.
April 15, 2006: Stephen misses scheduled shift at Canton Restaurant in North Sydney where he works as a dishwasher. Housemate Dan Devoe, expecting Stephen home, calls Stephen and leaves a message on his cellphone. Stephen does not reply.
April 16, 2006: Early in the morning, Stephen leaves Houlton in his father's pick-up truck with three guns and his laptop computer. The guns: Ruger handgun Colt 45 semi-automatic handgun .223 Colt Sporter semi-automatic rifle (AR 15 assault style rifle)
3:00 am: Marshall shoots Joseph Gray at his home in Milo, Maine. Stephen drives by the homes of four other registered Maine pedophiles.
8:15 am: Marshall shoots William Elliott at his home in Corinth, Maine. Elliott's girlfriend witnesses the shooting, writes down license plate of pick-up truck and calls police. Maine sex offender registry is temporarily taken off-line.
Stephen ditches his pick-up truck near a bus station in Bangor, Maine. He drops ammunition in the toilet tank of the station washroom. He then buys a ticket and boards bus to Boston. Police find the ammunition and confirm that Stephen Marshall bought a bus ticket to Boston.
That afternoon Stephen's mom, Margaret, and step-dad learn of shootings on TV.
8:00 pm: Stephen commits suicide with Colt 45 on bus outside terminal when Massachussetts Bay Transit Authority police stop and surround the bus.
11:24 pm: Marshall is pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center as a result of a massive head wound.
