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Profile |
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Name: Timothy Thomas Coombs
(James Wilson, William Patterson, Cal Liberty)
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Sex: Male |
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Race: White |
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Age Now: 49 |
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Height: 5'9" |
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Weight: 135 lbs |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Brown
May have thick side burns, beard, or mustache |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Hazel |
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Wanted for :
Assault, Missouri;
Sep 16, 1994
Armed Criminal Action, Missouri;
Sep 16, 1994
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Missouri |
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Possible Location : Idaho
Missouri
New Jersey
North Carolina
International |
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Last Known : Unkown |
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Traits |
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May wear wire rim glasses |
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Considered very intelligent |
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Police say he associates with white supremacy groups |
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May be armed with an assault rifle or .45 pistol |
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Police say he may refer to himself as a "Nazarite" |
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Known to protest paying taxes and carrying a driver's license |
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According to officials, he holds the title of "Ambassador" within the "Order of the David Company" |
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Wears religious lace or fringe around his shirt and pants cuffs |
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Police say he is a cult member, affiliated with Citizens of the Kingdom of Christ |
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Case Story |
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Sacred Confrontation |
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In 1994, investigators in the small county of McDonald, Missouri confronted the Sacerdotal Order of the David Company and were stunned at what they found. Inside, police say they found weapons, ammunition and dynamite. The group's leader, Pastor Robert Joos, claimed the stockpiled weapons were meant for trading.
Unfortunately for Joos, his tactics were out of this world. Police say he forged an illegal court document and served it to a Missouri State Trooper. When they went to his compound to arrest him, Trooper Bobby Harper says Joos put up a fight.
Police say Joos resisted and had to be maced. Joos was released from jail in April of 1997, but one member of his militant group vowed revenge...that man was Timothy Coombs. |
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Target Practice |
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Coombs loved to preach his separatist ideology. He was also known to his neighbors in northern Arkansas to be handy with a gun. It was Coombs' love for guns that had caused him trouble in the past. He had served time in California and Arkansas on weapons charges. Now, police believe he was getting ready to avenge Robert Joos' arrest and began with some target practice.
After accidentally hitting a neighbor's horse with a ricocheted bullet, Coombs quickly ended his target practice, collected his belongings and headed north. The next morning, neighbor, Dub England, discovered the result of Coombs' bad shooting. |
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Piecing Together The Puzzle |
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Coombs wasn't around to answer for his bad shot. Investigators say he had headed to Missouri. On the evening of September 16, 1994, Timothy Coombs arrived at his destination, the home of State Trooper Bobby Harper, the man who arrested Robert Joos.
Trooper Harper was at home with his wife recovering from a recent liver transplant and his 33rd wedding anniversary. Harper was making a bowl of ice cream when a bullet tore through his stomach and through his newly transplanted liver.
Coombs eventually became a suspect, but nothing could tie him to the crime until investigators visited his old neighbor, Dub England in Arkansas. Remember the ricocheted bullet that hit the horse? It just happened to match the bullet that hit Trooper Harper.
Coombs was gone, but he left behind a cache of survivalist gear and propaganda, including short-wave radios and war pamphlets. Bobby Harper survived the shooting, but never returned to work. He died in 1996 after a heart operation. Coombs is still on the run. |
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