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U.S. NEWS Friday 9 March 2018
Cops: Man got girl out of school 10 times; now both missing

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A again on Feb. 15, and of-
45-year-old man managed ficers arrived to tell Esterly
to sign a 16-year-old girl out and his wife, Stacey, to
of her school 10 times in the stay away from the family's
last few months, and now home. It wasn't clear in the
the two are missing, police court records why the cou-
said. ple were there.
Allentown police issued Police interviewed the
a missing person alert teen a few days later, and
Wednesday for Kevin Ester- she told them Esterly had
ly and Amy Yu. A warrant signed her out of school
for Esterly's arrest for inter- about five times. However,
ference with the custody investigators checked the
of a child also was issued Bethlehem charter school's
Wednesday, according records and found Esterly
to the Allentown Morning signed Amy out of school
Call. 10 times between Nov. 13
Amy's mother called police and Feb. 9 without her par-
on Feb. 9 to report Esterly ents' permission.
had signed her child out Susan Mauser, CEO of the
of Lehigh Valley Academy International Baccalaure-
earlier that day without ate school, said protocol
This combination from photos provided by Allentown, Pa., Police Department shows from left, Amy permission, according to is that only guardians or
Yu and Kevin Esterly. Allentown police issued a missing person alert Wednesday, March 7, 2018 court documents obtained emergency contacts can
for Esterly and Yu. They say the pair was last seen Monday. Police filed a warrant for Esterly's arrest by the newspaper. pick up students in grades
for interference with the custody of a child. The mother called police K-12. q
(Allentown Police Department via AP)

Officials say teen saw shooting as

experiment, showed no remorse

BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Au- never had any inflection,"
thorities in Kentucky say a the detective said. "He
teenager accused of fatal- didn't tear up."
ly shooting two high school Parker told police that he
classmates and wound- wasn't bullied and that no
ing several others showed event triggered the shoot-
no remorse when talking ings.
about the carnage. Po- Asked about Parker's mo-
lice say Gabriel Ross Parker tives, Hilbrecht said, "The
seemed to view his actions biggest thing he gave me
as a science experiment. was that he said he was
Parker has been charged an atheist and that his life
as an adult in the Jan. 23 had no purpose and other
shooting at Marshall Coun- people's lives also had no
ty High School in western purpose."
Kentucky. Media reports Kentucky State Police De-
Wednesday and Thursday tective David Dick testified
cite court documents and that the boy contemplat-
videos released after the ed shooting himself in De-
case was moved to adult cember, "but realized that
court. Parker turned 16 af- his family would hurt more
ter the shooting. if he killed himself, rather
Marshall County Sheriff's than if he just went to prison
Capt. Matt Hilbrecht testi- for harming someone else."
fied that Parker told police Hilbrecht testified that
he was interested in sci- Parker, who played trom-
ence and wanted to see bone, went to the band
how people would react. room on Jan. 23 to make
"He said he wanted to see sure his friends were safe
how students would re- before going to a com-
spond, how police would mon area where he begin
respond, how society at firing. When he was done,
large would respond to it," according to Hilbrecht, he
said Hilbrecht. returned to the band room
He described Parker as and blended in with stu-
"cold, callous" and said he dents before surrendering
showed no emotion during to police.
the interview. The next hearing in the
"His voice never quivered, case is set for Monday.