Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Murder of Creigh Deeds By Son

Murder of Creigh Deeds By Son
Terroristic Incidents | Stabbing Incidents | suicide

November 19, 2013 Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds was stabbed  was stabbed in his home by his son Gus who killed himself with a gunshot. Creigh Deeds suffered serious injuries after being stabbed in the head and upper torso several times. Police are searching for a motive. Gus had withdrawn as a student at the College of William and Mary and was issued an emergency custody order after psychiatric evaluations, but there were no hospitals in the rural part of the state with open beds.

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11/27/2013

  1. Friends Saw Creigh Deeds' Son Struggle With Bipolar Disorder ...

    gma.yahoo.com/friends-saw-creigh-deeds-son-struggle-bipolar-disorder-...‎
    6 days ago - From Yahoo: Friends Say Gus Deeds Struggled With Bipolar Disorder for Years Before Stabbing.
  2. sometime after his father's loss in that governor race and his parents' subsequent divorce in 2010, the younger Deeds fell into a downward spiral of mental illness, two friends told ABC News.
    "Eventually it got to the point where everyone... you couldn't ignore it. It was obvious he was going through a difficult time," Tony Walters, who has been friends with Gus since they were children in Bath County, Va., told ABC News on Wednesday. "I don't know where they ended up taking him but he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and did get treatment for a while and I know he was on medication."
    The details of what happened Nov. 19 in the home Gus shared with his father and stepmother are still sketchy. But it appears that in an altercation outside of their rural Virginia home, Gus stabbed his father brutally in the head and chest before taking his own life with a rifle.
 seemed very sort of scattered, very different. He had strange paranoias," Walters said. "And he was imagining different schemes against him; suspicions of people around him…it really seemed like he was going through a very difficult time."
At one point, Gus said that God told him to drive to the Pacific and he did.

  1. NPR (blog)
    1. CNN ‎- 1 day ago
      Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds, who was stabbed multiple times by his son, said he will work to change how mental health services are delivered.

  2. Creigh Deeds Faults Local Mental Health Services For Son's Suicide

    www.huffingtonpost.com/.../creigh-deeds-mental-health_n_4339685.ht...‎
    2 days ago - WASHINGTON -- Six days after the suicide of his son, Virginia state Sen.Creigh Deeds (D-Bath County) singled out the Community Services Board for blame in ...

  3. Creigh Deeds released from hospital as son's friends reflect on his ...

    www.washingtonpost.com/.../creigh-deeds.../45ced676-52e4-11e3-9e2c-...‎
    5 days ago - The Virginia state senator is discharged as friends reflect on his son, who suffered from mental illness.

  4. Creigh Deeds's son, my daughter and my fears about Virginia's ...

    www.washingtonpost.com/.../creigh-deedss.../6327b5fc-5209-11e3-9fe0...‎
    5 days ago - Like the Va. senator's family, we depend on an inadequate state mental health system to cope.

  5. Creigh Deeds : The Two-Way : NPR

    www.npr.org/.../i-am-alive-for-a-reason-says-lawmaker-stabbed-by-son‎
    1 day ago - Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds was attacked and seriously wounded by his adult son, who then committed suicide. Deeds says the state's mental health ...

  6. Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds, who was stabbed by son, vows to ...

    www.nydailynews.com/.../father-stabbed-son-vows-reform-mental-healt...‎
    1 day ago - Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds is vowing to help to fix the mental health system that failed his son, a week after 24-year-old Gus Deeds stabbed his father and ...

  7. Creigh Deeds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creigh_Deeds‎
    5 days ago - Robert Creigh Deeds (/ˈkriː/; born January 4, 1958) is an American politician. He is a member of the Senate of Virginia representing the 25th district since ...

  8. Virginia lawmaker Creigh Deeds leaves hospital, tweets: 'some ...

    www.foxnews.com/.../virginia-lawmaker-creigh-deeds-leaves-hospital-af...‎
    5 days ago - FILE 2009: Creigh Deeds seen with his son, Gus, during his gubernatorial campaign. Deeds was released from the hospital on Friday after police say his son ...

  9. Creigh Deeds faults Rockbridge CSB in treatment of his son ...

    www.roanoke.com/.../creigh-deeds-faults-rockbridge-csb-in-treatment-of...‎
    2 days ago - "My life's work now is to make sure other families don't have to go through what we are living,” he told The Recorder. Associated Press | File 2010. Creigh Deeds ...

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Creigh Deeds, a VA state senator and former candidate for governor, is in critical condition with stab wounds to the face and torso. His son, Gus (left), is DEAD of a gunshot wound. Here's what we know about this terrible breaking story:



http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/11/austin-gus-deeds-creigh-deeds-son-stabbing/


Virginia Political Figure Stabbed by Son, Authorities Say
New York Times - ‎36 minutes ago‎
R. Creigh Deeds, a leading Virginia political figure who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2009, was stabbed repeatedly on Tuesday at his home during an altercation with his son, who then died of a gunshot wound, the authorities said.

In Depth

Police: Early indications are son of Va. state senator stabbed his dad before ...
Washington Post - ‎12 minutes ago‎
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The son of Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds stabbed his father in the head and chest Tuesday before apparently killing himself with a gun, according to initial reports from police. Authorities were still piecing together a motive and ...
Va. Senator Stabbed; Son Dies of Apparent Suicide
ABC News - ‎7 minutes ago‎
Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds, a Democrat who rose to be gubernatorial nominee in 2009 despite his reserved demeanor and humble farmland roots, was stabbed early Tuesday, apparently by his son, police said. Gus Deeds, 24, was found at his father's ...
Creigh Deeds stabbing, son's death investigated as 'attempted murder and suicide'
Politico - ‎32 minutes ago‎
Virginia State Police are looking into the incident that hospitalized State Sen. and former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds with multiple stab wounds, and left his 24-year-old son fatally shot, as an “attempted murder and suicide,” officials said ...
Police: Son likely stabbed Va. state Sen. Creigh Deeds, shot himself
Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath) was stabbed on Tuesday morning at his Bath County home, apparently by his 24-year-old son Gus Deeds, who then shot himself to death, according to law enforcement authorities. The incident is being ...
Va. police: State senator stabbed, son dead
USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
Virginia state police are investigating a stabbing attack on a prominent state senator as an attempted murder and suicide by his son, who died at the scene, an official said Tuesday. Creigh Deeds, 55, a Democrat and unsuccessful candidate for governor of ...

Highly Cited

Sen. Deeds Assault Investigated as Attempted Murder-Suicide
WRIC - ‎1 hour ago‎
MIILLBORO, Va. (WRIC)—State Senator Creigh Deeds is in fair condition after he was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with his son Tuesday morning. Deeds' son was fatally shot during the incident. At 7:25 a.m. on Nov. 19, Virginia State Police ...
Va. Sen. Creigh Deeds Hospitalized After Stabbing; Son Dead at Scene
NBC4 Washington - ‎1 hour ago‎
Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds was stabbed Tuesday morning by his son, Austin "Gus" Deeds, before the son fatally shot himself, Democratic sources tell News4. Sources: Son Stabs Va. Sen. Deeds, Fatally... Link; Embed; Email. Copy. Close. Link to this ...

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