According to reports from the Seattle Times: http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/kipp_052498.html === begin quote === Wing said he knew there were struggles in the family and that the parents were trying to help Kip. "They did everything for that kid," he said. "They were loving, caring people." Guttormsen said he and other friends went with the Kinkels to Crater Lake last summer. "Kip and I rode together for a long time," Guttormsen said. "We talked about all sorts of things, like how he liked his mountain bike and how much he was enjoying himself." === begin quote === I presume that trip was in their Vanagon. There are references to how the parents used camping to try and spend time with their troubled child. The father even tried to turn the kid's gun interest into something healthy by teaching him to properly use rifles. Stephen Gutknecht Renton, Washington
-----Original Message----- From: Steven X. Schwenk [mailto:sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM] Sent: Sunday, May 24, 1998 10:35 PM To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: killers parents owned a vanagon
I was not interested in the van, but I did wonder whether they were listmembers. And it was chilling that this happened to a westfalia family. Norman Leong wrote: > Someone unnamed wrote: > > >Did any of you notice in the news coverage of the teenage gunman in > >Springfield Oregon that there is a nice gold colored Vanagon in the > Kinkel > >family's driveway? I wonder if it's for sale. > > I noticed the Westy Vanagon also, but I think it'd be > bad form to attend this estate sale... IMHO. |
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