Jeremy Scully, 38, MSG Bellingham, WA[FOUND DECEASED]

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Ferndale Teacher Missing Since Thursday

POSTED: 6:17 pm PDT April 27, 2008
UPDATED: 6:27 pm PDT April 27, 2008


BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- A massive search is under way for a missing high school teacher and track coach.

Jeremy Scully, 38, is a substitute teacher and track coach at Ferndale High School and has been missing since Thursday.

Police said he left his home in Bellingham to visit a friend in Alger just south of the city, but he never showed up.

His car was found Saturday night on Lake Samish just south of Bellingham. According to police, it was unlocked and the key was still in the ignition.

Police have used K-9s, helicopters, and boats to search for Scully, but police said there are no leads.

Search dogs were unable to pick up a scent leading away from Scully's car. Authorities also said teams scoring the shore around the lake and in boats were unable to locate any useful clues.

Friends and family members said his disappearance is alarming and they're concerned for his safety.

"We've known Jeremy for a long time and Jeremy is very dependable. When he says he's going to show somewhere, he's going to show up, so it was out of character for him not to show up for practice on Thursday and Friday," said Vic Randall, the athletic directior at Ferndale High School.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/16023815/detail.html

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POSTED: 1:24 pm PDT April 28, 2008
UPDATED: 6:23 pm PDT April 28, 2008


MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- Family and friends of an assistant track coach who has been missing since Thursday morning said they are still holding out hope that the man will be found while at the same time are waiting to hear the identity of a body that was found in the area the man disappeared, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

Jeremy Scully, 38, disappeared while driving from his Bellingham apartment to a friend's house in Alger.

His car was found Saturday near Lake Samish with the door ajar and the key in the ignition. Another key to Scully’s 1993 Nissan Sentra was found on the ground near the car’s trunk.

The Medical Examiner’s office is performing an autopsy on the body that was found by hikers near Alger on Blanchard Mountain in Skagit County on Sunday, in a rugged area.

"It appears as though the victim died from a gunshot wound to the head," according to a news release from the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office. "Fingerprints were obtained and attempts are being made to confirm if the deceased is indeed the missing Bellingham man. At this time we are not able to confirm the identity. "

The case is being investigated as a homicide, the sheriff's office said.

Scully is a substitute teacher in Ferndale and assistant track coach at Ferndale High School.

Scully’s girlfriend, Robbin Goldspy, said she believes the unidentified body is that of Scully. She described Scully as a person who was respected in the community and said it was very unlike him to disappear.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/16038170/detail.html

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POSTED: 6:23 am PDT April 28, 2008
UPDATED: 2:07 pm PDT April 28, 2008


BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Hikers have found a body that could be that of a Ferndale teacher who has been missing since Thursday.

Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo said officials aren't saying yet whether the body found Sunday near Alger in Skagit County is Jeremy Scully's.

"It appears as though the victim died from a gunshot wound to the head," according to a news release from the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office. "Fingerprints were obtained and attempts are being made to confirm if the deceased is indeed the missing Bellingham man. At this time we are not able to confirm the identity. "

The case is being investigated as a homicide, the sheriff's office said.

Scully, 38, disappeared while driving from his Bellingham apartment to a friend's house in Alger.

His car was found Saturday near Lake Samish with the door ajar and the key in the ignition.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/16029649/detail.html

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POSTED: 10:03 am PDT April 29, 2008
UPDATED: 12:18 pm PDT April 29, 2008


FERNDALE, Wash. -- A body found eight miles from where a Ferndale High School teacher disappeared is expected to be identified Tuesday afternoon, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

Substitute teacher and assistant track coach Jeremy Scully, 38, has been missing since Thursday morning. His car was found Saturday near Lake Samish with the keys in the ignition and the door ajar.

Hikers on Blanchard Mountain found a body in a rugged area in Skagit County near Alger on Sunday.

Police are investigating the case as a homicide and said it appeared as though the male victim in his late 30s died from a gunshot wound to the head.

Skagit County sheriff’s officials said they should have a positive identification from the Medical Examiner by 1 p.m.

Scully’s girlfriend, Robbin Goldsby, said she believes the unidentified body is that of Scully’s.

“I want to see the person or persons who did this found, and I want to see them brought to justice for this,” said Goldsby.

A spokesman for the Ferndale School District said the district will have grief counselors on hand should the body be identified as Scully’s.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/16058657/detail.html

[Nut44x4]

http://www.komoradio.com/news/local/18356494.html

Girlfriend: Body identified as missing coach
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- The body found near the abandoned car of the missing high school coach has been confirmed as that of the coach himself.

Jeremy Scully, 38, disappeared while driving from his Bellingham apartment to a friend's house in Alger. Sully's girlfriend said investigators informed her on Monday night that the man found shot to death has been identified as Scully.

"(He was) the love of my life and I'm going to miss him very much," Robbin Goldsby said tearfully.

Skagit County Sheriff Will Reichardt said the body was found Sunday by hikers in a rugged area of Blanchard Mountain. The hikers reported the discovery to a Whatcom County sheriff's deputy who was in the area searching for Scully. Reichardt said the case was being investigated as a homicide.

Scully's car was found abandoned Saturday afternoon on Interstate 5 near Lake Samish, about 8 miles from where the body was located the next day.

Bellingham Police Department spokesman Lt. Steve Felmley said there were no signs of foul play at the scene where the car was left, with its door ajar and keys in the ignition.

Goldsby said she won't be able to rest until her questions are answered and due justice is served.

"I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to get through just the next few days, not to mention the rest of my life," she said.

Scully coached pole vault at Ferndale High School for eight years. He also worked as a substitute teacher at the school and helped coach pole vaulting at Western Washington University.

Goldsby said Scully often talked about his days with the students, and followed each one's progress closely.

"(Scully was) one of our Ferndale family members, part of our community, and that hurts, that hurts a lot," said Vic Randall, athletic director at Ferndale High School.

"I've coached track for 21 years and I've never worked with somebody so passionate," Ferndale High track coach Ted Genger said. "I've never worked with someone so responsible. He was always the first coach to get there and the last coach to leave, day in and day out."

Goldsby said she wants someone to step forward with answers.

Investigators said Scully was shot in the head, most likely in broad daylight. Goldsby is convinced someone saw something.

"I've done a lot of crying, trying to make deals with God," she said.

[packy]

What a shame.

Maybe if they put some flyers telling about the homicide with a picture of his car along the route he would have taken might bring forth someone who saw him or his car, and/or someone that might have been with him. Or bring out that something suspicious might have happened to someone else it that area the same day.

My condolences to the family and his loved ones.

[Nut44x4]

Apr 30, 1:56 PM EDT


Family of slain Ferndale teacher thanks searchers, officers

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- The family of a Ferndale teacher found shot to death in Skagit County has issued a statement thanking searchers who helped look for Jeremy Scully. The family also says it's grateful for the work of law officers who are looking for his killer.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WA_BODY_FOUND_UPDATE_WAOL-?SITE=WHAS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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WA Sheriff's Office: Scully was killed by someone he knew
Skagit County Sheriff's Office chief criminal deputy Will Reichardt says evidence indicates 38-year-old Ferndale substitute teacher and assistant track coach Jeremy Scully was killed by someone he knew.

Reichardt says there are several "persons of interest" in the case.

The sheriff's office announced on Wednesday that an FBI fingerprint match had identified the body found near Alger as that of Scully, who was from Bellingham.

Scully's body was found Sunday on Blanchard Mountain, about 50 feet down an embankment on the road on the way to Samish Overlook. He died of a gunshot wound to the head.

Reichardt says it appears that Scully was killed in the area where he was found.

Reichardt says it's too early in the investigation to rule out anything involving Scully's death
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004384179_apwabodyfound3rdldwritethru.html?syndic ation=rss

[Roamer]

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[Grande]

May, 1, 2008
Police question couple in Ferndale coach’s death
Shooting was intentional, police believe
CALEB HEERINGA
THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

Police announced Wednesday that they have several “persons of interest” in the slaying of Ferndale High School assistant track coach Jeremy Scully.

Police also confirmed what friends and family had feared for days — that the body discovered on Blanchard Mountain on Sunday was the 38-year-old Scully.

Scully’s body was found about 50 feet off a road, down an embankment, on the way to Samish Overlook. He had died of a gunshot wound to the head. Skagit County Sheriff’s Office chief criminal deputy Will Reichert said it appeared that Scully was killed in the area where he was found.

Reichert said it was too early in the investigation to rule out anything involving Scully’s death, but that the evidence indicated Scully was killed by someone he knew. The shooting does not appear to be a random crime.

Reichert also confirmed that police are investigating whether Scully’s involvement in adult networking Web site AdultFriendFinder.com had something to do with his death.

“We look into all aspects we can of someone’s life,” Reichert said. “That was certainly a part of his life.”

Skagit County detectives served a search warrant at the Alger-area home of Kenneth and Venessa McBride on the 2400 block of Old Highway 99 on Sunday, according to Skagit County District Court documents. They seized several firearms, including rifles and shotguns, ammunition, two computers, paperwork and a small bag of marijuana.

Venessa McBride talked to The Bellingham Herald Saturday after Scully went missing, saying that he was last seen leaving his apartment last Thursday morning en route to Alger to help Kenneth McBride fix the couple’s roof.

According to a transcript of a telephone conversation between a Skagit County Sheriff’s deputy and judge establishing probable cause for the search, Venessa McBride admitted to Bellingham police detectives that she had been having an affair with Scully.

Venessa McBride told police that after she got off work at around 2 p.m. last Thursday, her husband called and asked Venessa to pick him up near the Squires Lake Trailhead, located on Old Highway 99 North near the Whatcom County line.

She picked up her husband about a half a mile away from the trailhead, according to the court documents. Scully’s Nissan Sentra was found Saturday on East Lake Samish Drive, within a mile or two of the Squires Lake Trailhead.

Venessa McBride said that when she arrived home last Thursday, no work had been done on the roof and there was no sign of Scully, according to the documents.

Knowing that the McBrides were the last people to have contact with Scully, Bellingham police interviewed them after the body was found on Sunday. During the interview, Kenneth McBride alluded to police that Scully was dead, according to the documents.

Reichert declined to confirm whether the McBrides were the “people of interest” that detectives have identified.

Scully’s family released a statement Wednesday through California-based attorney Anthony Raimondo thanking law enforcement and Scully’s friends for their support.

“Jeremy was loved by all those whose lives he touched,” the family said in the statement. “His family appreciates the kind thoughts that have been expressed by Jeremy’s friends, students, colleagues and the athletes that he coached. Their fond recollections of Jeremy are a great comfort to his family in this difficult time.”

According to a biography provided by the family, Scully grew up in Coos Bay, Ore., and began pole vaulting at Marshfield High School, where he won the school’s Steve Prefontaine award for superior track and field athletes. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1993 with a degree in sociology and moved to Bellingham, where he obtained his teaching credentials in 2003.

Scully was a substitute teacher in the Ferndale School District and also helped coach pole vaulters at Ferndale, Western Washington University and for Bellingham Parks and Recreation.

At Ferndale High School, Scully’s pole vaulters and fellow coaches remembered him as devoted to and supportive of his student athletes.

“I really regret not saying thanks,” junior pole vaulter Megan Bezona said. “If I could say one thing it would be thank you. ... We took him for granted.”

Athletic director Vic Randall said Scully’s enthusiasm for the sport of pole vaulting rubbed off on his students.

“He had a passion for pole vaulting,” Randall said. “He always had a smile on his face (when he was coaching) ... and when the kids saw that smile on his face, they got that passion too.”

Wednesday’s track meet at Civic Stadium began with a moment of silence. Opposing schools put up a banner for the Ferndale team reading, “We are thinking of you.”

Scully had been doing an extended substitution in two applied math classes since approximately January, principal Dawn Fairchild said.

“He always stuck up for the underdog,” Fairchild said.

Randall said one of Scully’s students had told him about being impressed by how Scully knew everyone’s name in class by the first day.

Fairchild said students’ grief has turned into questions about what happened.

“They’re trying to put together the pieces, because it seems like such a senseless death,” Fairchild said. “He’s a great guy. I don’t know why anyone would want to hurt him.”

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/396845.html

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Source: http://www.komotv.com/news/local/18433564.html

[Grande]

Police question, search home of dead coach's mistress, her husband
Story Updated: Apr 30, 2008 at 11:26 PM PDT
By KOMO Staff & News Services

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. -- Detectives said they have interviewed several persons of interest in the murder of Ferndale High School track coach Jeremy Scully, and they do not believe Scully's death was the result of a random crime.

Scully, 38, disappeared while driving from his Bellingham apartment to a friend's house in Alger. Investigators confirmed on Wednesday that the body found near his abandoned car was that of Scully.

Following his disappearance, a married woman who said she was having an affair with Scully contacted police and directed them to his apartment. Vanessa McBride said she did not hear from Scully during the day on Friday, which was very unusual.

When McBride called home to let her husband know that she was headed home from work, he asked her to pick him up at the Squires Lake Trailhead off of Old Highway 99 near the Whatcom County line.

According to police documents, McBride later learned her husband had invited Scully to their home to work on the roof on the day he disappeared. Keith McBride told police he had communicated with Scully via messages on the Internet.

Bellingham police contacted the couple on Sunday and during questioning, Keith alluded to the fact that Scully was dead, the documents said.

Police on Wednesday searched the McBrides' home and found several guns Keith said he owned, boxes of ammo and a small bag of marijuana. Police seized the items as well and the computers found inside the home.

Sheriff Will Reichardt declined to confirm whether the McBrides were the people of interest that detectives have identified.

Reichardt said Sully's body was found Sunday by hikers in a rugged area of Blanchard Mountain, some 200 yards off the main road through thick underbrush. The hikers reported the discovery to a Whatcom County sheriff's deputy who was in the area searching for Scully.

Scully's car was found abandoned on Interstate 5 near Lake Samish, about 8 miles from where the body was located.

An autopsy showed Scully died of a gunshot wound to the head.

On Tuesday, detectives revealed that Scully belonged to a Web site whose members meet for sex. Deputies said Scully's activities on the site AdultFriendFinder.com may or may not be related to his disappearance.

Scully coached pole vault at Ferndale High School for eight years. He also worked as a substitute teacher at the school and helped coach pole vaulting at Western Washington University.

"I've coached track for 21 years and I've never worked with somebody so passionate," Ferndale High track coach Ted Genger said. "I've never worked with someone so responsible. He was always the first coach to get there and the last coach to leave, day in and day out."

Silence blanketed the track at the school on Wednesday after investigators confirmed the body as Scully.

"I look over there and I keep waiting to see Jeremy over there," said Genger.

Pole vaulter Dylan Eastwood remembers the intensity over their victory the day before Scully disappeared.

"We won the meet and he was pretty pumped up about that. I've never seen Mr. Scully more pumped up than that," he said.

The news of Scully's membership on an adult sex Web site has stirred up mixed emotions among those mourning his death.

"First it was hard to consume. Now it's really weird, just shocking," said student Ashley Crape.

"I separate the two pieces," said Genger. "The person who was here every day in the spring working with the kids -- that's who we saw."

"He had a mantra -- 'every jump is an opportunity.' And that is always going to stick with me," said Crape.

http://www.komotv.com/news/local/18433564.html

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Detectives: Scully belonged to sex Web site
Story Updated: Apr 30, 2008 at 8:37 AM PDT
By KOMO Staff & News Services

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- An unexpected twist in the case of a missing Ferndale teacher surfaced on Tuesday.

Jeremy Scully, who has not been seen since Thursday, was a member of an adult sex Web site, investigators said.

Skagit County Chief Deputy Will Reichardt said members of the legal site met others online in order to meet for sex.

Deputies said Scully's activities on the site may or may not be related to his disappearance.

Scully, 38, disappeared while driving from his Bellingham apartment to a friend's house in Alger.

Sully's girlfriend said investigators informed her on Monday night that the found body has been identified as Scully, and on Wednesday morning investigators said they'd confirmed the identification using fingerprints.

"(He was) the love of my life and I'm going to miss him very much," Robbin Goldsby said tearfully.

Skagit County Sheriff Will Reichardt said the body was found Sunday by hikers in a rugged area of Blanchard Mountain, some 200 yards off the main road through thick underbrush. The hikers reported the discovery to a Whatcom County sheriff's deputy who was in the area searching for Scully.

"The body was in a location where it could have gone a long time without being discovered. The hikers were in the right place - or the wrong place - at the right time," he said.

An autopsy Scully died of a gunshot wound to the head. Detectives believe robbery may have been the motive.

Scully's car was found abandoned Saturday afternoon on Interstate 5 near Lake Samish, about 8 miles from where the body was located the next day.

Bellingham Police Department spokesman Lt. Steve Felmley said there were no signs of foul play at the scene where the car was left with its door ajar and keys in the ignition.

Goldsby said she won't be able to rest until her questions are answered and due justice is served.

"I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to get through just the next few days, not to mention the rest of my life," she said. "Just the simple question: why, why did this happen?"

Scully coached pole vault at Ferndale High School for eight years. He also worked as a substitute teacher at the school and helped coach pole vaulting at Western Washington University.

Goldsby said Scully often talked about his days with the students, and followed each one's progress closely.

"(Scully was) one of our Ferndale family members, part of our community, and that hurts, that hurts a lot," said Vic Randall, athletic director at Ferndale High School.

"I've coached track for 21 years and I've never worked with somebody so passionate," Ferndale High track coach Ted Genger said. "I've never worked with someone so responsible. He was always the first coach to get there and the last coach to leave, day in and day out."

http://www.komotv.com/news/local/18356494.html

[Grande]

Apr, 30, 2008
Still no ID for body found on Blanchard
Police focus on Web site in case of missing coach
CALEB HEERINGA AND CAT SIEH
THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

BELLINGHAM — The identity of a body found on Blanchard Mountain remained unclear Tuesday, as authorities turned to fingerprints and DNA to determine whether it is that of missing Ferndale High School track coach Jeremy Scully.

Meanwhile, police are investigating whether Scully’s involvement in an adult networking Web site may have played a part in his disappearance Thursday.

Skagit County Sheriff’s Chief Criminal Deputy Will Reichert said the office tried to compare fingerprints taken from the body to records kept by Ferndale School District, where Scully, 38, is also a substitute teacher.

But Scully was fingerprinted in 2002, and those records have been purged from the district’s system, Reichert said Tuesday. The body’s prints have been passed on to the FBI, which often retains such records in their own databases, Reichert said.

In the meantime, detectives are attempting to acquire Scully’s dental records in addition to DNA analysis to identify the body, which hikers found Sunday in a wooded area about 200 yards off the gravel road to Samish Overlook on Blanchard Mountain. The man had been shot in the head.

Scully has a profile on Adult FriendFinder.com, a Web site designed for those interested in meeting others for sexual encounters. Reichert confirmed to KING-5 TV Tuesday night that detectives were investigating whether the Web site has anything to do with the disappearance.

Identification of the body could take hours or days longer, Reichert said. Detectives have made preliminary comparisons of photos of Scully and the man’s face, but that is not considered a positive means of identification, Reichert said.

Scully’s family does not reside in Western Washington, he said, but authorities may ask close friends or family to attempt to identify the body if other methods fail.

A woman who identified herself as Scully’s girlfriend told media that authorities confirmed the found man was Scully, but Reichert said he knows of no representative of Skagit County, Whatcom County or Bellingham law enforcement who has made such a notification.

Reichert declined to comment on other developments in the case.

“We’re making progress and we’re learning more about the case and the evidence,” he said.

He would not comment on the whereabouts of a blue backpack Scully was known to carry, or on whether evidence links his car to the scene where the body was found. Scully’s car was found Saturday with the door ajar and keys in the ignition on East Lake Samish Drive.

Venessa McBride, who talked to The Bellingham Herald Saturday to ask for public help in finding Scully, said Tuesday that she had been asked not to discuss the case any more. She declined to say who had urged her to keep silent.

At Ferndale High School, the track team’s seven pole vaulters were unanimous in their decision to compete in a meet at Civic Stadium this afternoon, despite the disappearance of their coach.

“All the kids said, ‘Mr. Scully would be mad at us if we didn’t vault,’ ” track coach Ted Genger said. “Pole vaulting was his life.”

Former Bellingham High School pole vaulting coach Brian Talley will take over in Scully’s absence.

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/395687.html

[packy]

This is becoming more strange. Usually we can say that the police do not want us to talk about a case, so it leaves one to wonder what is going on there.

[Grande]

He also had a profile on LesbianPersonals.com as well.

[Grande]

His screen name was 'Verbatim1' on AdultFriendFinder.

[Grande]

Regardless, he didn't deserve to be a victim of a homicide. My thoughts are with his friends and family! :1222423:

[Faith]

Thanks Grande, My best thoughts to the family. :1222423:

[Grande]

He also had a profile on LesbianPersonals.com as well.

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[Nut44x4]

Jeremy was a member of our weekly tabletop gaming group. I’ve been friends with him for a couple years now and the other guys in the group have known him much longer than that.

Jeremy is one of the sweetest guys I’ve ever known- I won’t parrot things said in the articles covered, except to say that it’s all true- he wouldn’t hurt a fly and he’d bend over backwards to help his friends.

He would move heaven and earth, sacrifice sleep and sanity just to make it to Ferndale on Wednesday evenings to hang out with us, eat pizza and drink soda. Just being in the company of friends and having fun seemed to mean so much to him and I think it’s what made him such an endearing guy.

I’m not going to make this a eulogy, since the police haven’t released the identity of the remains. I’ll try to update this space as I find out more.

http://binky.bgonet.com/2008/04/28/jeremy-scully/

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Body identified as missing Ferndale teacher

Associated Press

MOUNT VERNON -- The Skagit County sheriff's office says an FBI fingerprint match has identified a body found near Alger as missing Ferndale teacher Jeremy Scully.

Detectives are continuing to investigate the death of the 38-year-old Bellingham man.

He was last seen Thursday, and his car was found Saturday near Lake Samish with the door ajar and the key in the ignition. The body was found Sunday by hikers on Blanchard Mountain. He had been shot in the head.

Scully was a substitute teacher in the Ferndale School District and also helped coach pole vaulters.

Investigators are checking whether his killing is linked to an adult networking Web site where he had a profile, AdultFriendFinder.com.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080430/NEWS03/231418541

[Dodd]

Jeremy was a member of our weekly tabletop gaming group. I’ve been friends with him for a couple years now and the other guys in the group have known him much longer than that.

Jeremy is one of the sweetest guys I’ve ever known- I won’t parrot things said in the articles covered, except to say that it’s all true- he wouldn’t hurt a fly and he’d bend over backwards to help his friends.

He would move heaven and earth, sacrifice sleep and sanity just to make it to Ferndale on Wednesday evenings to hang out with us, eat pizza and drink soda. Just being in the company of friends and having fun seemed to mean so much to him and I think it’s what made him such an endearing guy.

I’m not going to make this a eulogy, since the police haven’t released the identity of the remains. I’ll try to update this space as I find out more.

http://binky.bgonet.com/2008/04/28/jeremy-scully/

I appreciate the coverage and the attribution. Could I ask you to add the proper "quote" formatting to your original post indicating the original author?

[Roamer]

Dodd, our condolences go out to Jeremy's family and friends.

That poster apologizes, I know, for the oversight. Nut is usually very careful about posting links, something we insist on for this sight.

RIP Jeremy :1222423: You will be missed.

[TeeOne]

I hope they find whoever did this.
RIP Jeremy....condolences to his family and loved ones.

[Dodd]

Dodd, our condolences go out to Jeremy's family and friends.

That poster apologizes, I know, for the oversight. Nut is usually very careful about posting links, something we insist on for this sight.

RIP Jeremy :1222423: You will be missed.

No problem at all- I'm glad word is getting out there.

There are some things in the works for a memorial fund and other plans. I'll definitely keep my blog up to date on that, and I'll try to post info here also.

[Faith]

My condolences to the family and friends.

[Roamer]

We'd really appreciate that, Dodd. Thank you.

[Grande]

My sincere condolences to the community of friends and family associated with Jeremy. May he rest in peace and may you all get the closure you desire.

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[Grande]

Alger woman says she had affair with slain Ferndale teacher
Associated Press - May 1, 2008 11:35 AM ET

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - Police have questioned an Alger couple who were friends of a Ferndale teacher found shot to death.

The Bellingham Herald reports the woman told detectives she had been having an affair with Jeremy Scully. And she says her husband asked her to pick him up last Thursday near where Scully's car was found.

Scully was last seen a week ago going to the Alger couple's home to help repair their roof. Police searched the home as part of the investigation.

The body of the 38-year-old Bellingham man was found Sunday by hikers near Alger. He had been shot in the head.

Scully was a substitute teacher in Ferndale and pole vaulting coach.

Information from: The Bellingham Herald, http://www.bellinghamherald.com

http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=8255486&nav=menu484_2_10

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Police search home of couple who were friends of murdered coach
05:44 PM PDT on Thursday, May 1, 2008
By KING Staff and Associated Press

Images from video of 2nd search warrant served on POI's home;
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Investigators say they're looking at several people in connection with the death of Ferndale teacher and coach, Jeremy Scully.

Investigators served another search warrant at the home of a husband and wife considered persons of interest in the case.

"They still are just persons of interest to us ... no one has gone into custody here. We're talking to them and we're just trying to gather more information right now," said Dep. Chief Will Reichardt, Skagit County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies removed small bags of evidence from the home, but they wouldn't say what they found.

"We found some things that we are interested in looking at more thoroughly and so we took those," said Reichardt.

They have also been looking closely at Jeremy Scully's personal life.

He was a member of an adult Web site for swingers and others seeking sexual partners.

The husband at the home that was searched had a profile on MySpace which suggested he and his wife are swingers, saying they like parties where clothing is optional and close contact is the preferred form of communication, but by Thursday, that profile was altered, and most mentions of any connection to the swinger lifestyle have been removed.

Body identified Wednesday

Earlier Wednesday, deputies said an FBI fingerprint match confirmed that the dead man found Sunday near Alger was Scully.

Hikers discovered his body on Blanchard Mountain, about 50 feet down an embankment from the road on the way to Samish Overlook. He had been shot in the head, and Reichardt said the shooting apparently occurred in the area where he was found.

Scully was last seen Thursday, and his car was found Saturday near Lake Samish with the door ajar and the key in the ignition.

Reichardt has confirmed that authorities are investigating whether Scully's involvement in AdultFriendFinder.com, a Web site for people interested in meeting others for sexual encounters.

"We look into all aspects we can of someone's life," Reichardt said. "That was certainly a part of his life."

Documents from the Skagit County District Court show Scully was having an affair with an Alger woman. That woman told police that last Thursday, her husband called from the Scribes Lake trailhead and asked her to pick him up. It's about a mile-and-a-half from where Scully's car was later found.

Scully was last seen going to the Alger couple's home to help repair their roof.

Investigators executed a search warrant at the couple's home, looking for clues in the murder. Inside they recovered several weapons, ammunition, computers and some marijuana.

When interviewed by police, the wife admitted she was having an affair with Scully. During an interview the husband alluded to officers that Scully was dead.

That same day, hikers found Scully's body on Blanchard Mountain.

Scully was a pole vaulting coach and substitute teacher in Ferndale.

http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_050108WAB_ferndale_coach_scully_murder_SW.badbb daa.html

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May, 2, 2008
No arrests yet in pole vault coach’s death
CALEB HEERINGA
THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

Police released few new details Thursday regarding the slaying of local track coach Jeremy Scully.

Hikers found Scully’s body on Sunday down an embankment on the road to Samish Overlook on Blanchard Mountain.

The 38-year-old pole vaulting coach for Ferndale High School, Western Washington University and Bellingham Parks and Recreation had been shot in the head.

The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office searched the Alger-area home of Kenneth and Venessa McBride for a second time Thursday. Scully was on his way to the home when he disappeared last week.

Police would not confirm whether the McBrides were the “persons of interest” they say they have in the case.

Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office detectives have been in daily contact with Skagit officials regarding the case, said Jeff Parks, Whatcom’s chief criminal deputy.

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/477/story/397954.html

[LaVinia]

This is a man who YahooIMed me every morning... "Good Morning Sexy". He was set to make sure I knew I was important in someone's life, that I was a beautiful person and I was worth something.

At night, he would text me asking how my day was. If I answered, he called me if it was not too late. We shared our lives...and yet I have found out each part of his life knew nothing of the other. I feel honored to have known about quite a few aspects of his life...Gaming, Pole Vaulting, his Thanksgiving trip this year, the Convention (I forget... was it Star Wars?), Role Playing, Meet & Greets, how he got his "other name"... I will always remember the quarter jokes...

Jeremy knew I was not into the "lifestyle" he STILL remained friends with me, talking to me about everyday and NEVER made a move because HE RESPECTED ME! I do not know of too many men who are like that.

I only knew Jeremy (I knew him as his first name) for about a year. I was going through a VERY hard time, a bad divorce and have three boys. He helped me through that time...talking to me at all hours of the night, texting me and joking with me. He lifted me up and made my spirit higher. When I was faced with what to do with my life, he suggested I become a Sub Teacher. It is kind of strange... today I receive word it was him they found AND I got my Sub Teaching Certificate in the mail. I could have not made it through the last year without him. I will find it hard to make it the rest of my life without him. He was a wonderful soul.

In short I guess I had a crush on him. I love and will miss you Ver.


Thank you Jeremy for being there for me... I only wish I could have been there for you in your time of need.

I will end this with Jeremy's and my inside joke... HUGS KISSES LICKS.

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Jul, 18, 2008
Scully homicide investigation delayed
PETER JENSEN
THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

Skagit County detectives are still investigating the killing of local track coach Jeremy Scully, who was found shot to death on Blanchard Mountain April 24. No arrests have been made.

Detectives are waiting for forensics tests of evidence in the case, which are being done at labs in Marysville and Seattle, said George Johnston, with the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab.

Several tests are complete and their results are being analyzed, while other evidence is still being tested. No reports have been issued, Johnston said.

Police have identified several “persons of interest,” and have searched the Alger-area home of Venessa and Kenneth McBride three times.

Venessa McBride told police she had been having an affair with Scully and that he was going to meet Kenneth McBride when Scully disappeared, according to court record connected to a search warrant.

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/470623.html

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Friday, September 5, 2008 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
Alger residents wonder if the pain will ever fade
The Skagit County community of Alger has been stunned by two horrific crimes: the April slaying of Ferndale high school track coach Jeremy Scully and Tuesday's rampage by alleged gunman Isaac Zamora that left six dead. The people of Alger now wonder if things can ever return to normal.

By Sara Jean Green
Seattle Times staff reporter

ALGER, Skagit County — There's no post office here, no community center and no schools.

Though it's one of the oldest communities in Skagit County, Alger isn't even a town. Here, the local tavern — strategically located on the northwest corner of what is essentially a rural crossroads — is the main hub where people gather to swap news and share gossip.

Folks here are largely independent sorts who know their neighbors yet respect each other's privacy. The quiet and solitude are what drew so many to this wooded area that's dotted with lakes but is still just a quick jaunt from the nearest freeway onramp.

In less than five months, though, Alger has been stunned by two horrific crimes: In late April, the body of a popular Ferndale high-school track coach was found on nearby Blanchard Mountain and an Alger man is the prime suspect. Salacious talk about online swingers, an extramarital affair and the yet-unsolved homicide had switched back to more mundane topics when alleged gunman Isaac Zamora went on a shooting rampage earlier this week, killing six people — including a Skagit County sheriff's deputy — and injuring four others.

While the death of track coach Jeremy Scully was tragic, he wasn't a local and so, residents say, his killing didn't touch everyone who lives in this borderless, bedroom community surrounded by Bellingham, Burlington and Sedro-Woolley. People were even able to laugh at the television news anchors who mispronounced the name of their community as "Al-gur, Skay-git County."

This time, it's different. Everyone knows someone intimately involved in Tuesday's nightmare, when Zamora, 28, a local mentally ill man, allegedly fired at neighbors and strangers alike and led police on a high-speed pursuit before his arrest 15 miles south of here. Still numb with shock, the people of Alger — there are only a few hundred of them — wonder if things can ever return to normal.

Back in April, Skagit County detectives began investigating their first homicide of the year after Scully was found dead on Blanchard Mountain, killed by a gunshot to the head. His homicide remains a top priority, said Skagit County Chief Criminal Deputy Will Reichardt.

"He was having an affair with an Alger woman, and our person of interest is the husband of that woman," he said.

No arrests have been made "but we certainly haven't forgotten about that," Reichardt said, explaining detectives are awaiting results from the state crime lab and need time to put their case together before forwarding it to prosecutors.

"Alger is typically a pretty quiet place," he said. "There's been two very serious crimes that have occurred here in the last four or five months. Both incidents aren't typical of the community."

For Reichardt, the community outpouring in the wake of Tuesday's killings has been overwhelming. Hundreds of people lined the roads or stood at the main intersection of Lake Samish Road and Old Highway 99 on Wednesday as a motorcade escorted a white hearse carrying the body of Deputy Anne Jackson from the crime scene.

"People were crying, waving and saluting. You could tell they really loved her," Reichardt said. "It was huge."

Still, people here are uncomfortable under the glare of the media spotlight that's drawn satellite trucks and news helicopters. A reporter from the British Broadcasting Corp. even called the Alger Bar & Grille to find out how to pronounce "Alger," said Dawn Thomas, who with her husband, Steve, has run the local watering hole for the past six years.

"This is not what we want to be known for," she said. "We have some wonderful, lovely people who will give the shirts off their back. It's a wonderful community and this has really rocked us."

The only way people here know how to respond is to lean on each other as they struggle through their grief, said Rich Deruiter, a local pastor and chaplain for the volunteer fire department. A candlelight vigil is planned for tonight on the front lawn of the Alger Community Church, and Deruiter hopes members of the Skagit County Sheriff's Office, the State Patrol and other first responders will join the community in mourning those killed and praying for the injured — and the loved ones left behind.

"Right now, people are just reeling. It still seems unreal," he said. "This is a community of very independent people who pull together whenever necessary. They're strong people ... and also a source of strength in times of trouble."

Sara Jean Green: 206-515-5654 or sgreen@seattletimes.com

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008159754_alger05m.html

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http://www.katu.com/news/local/41148177.html


By Associated Press

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - Prosecutors in Skagit County, Wash., have charged an Oregon man with first-degree murder in the slaying of a substitute teacher and assistant track coach who reportedly was involved in a "swinger" lifestyle that included the defendant's wife.

Kenneth McBride was arrested Wednesday at his home in Lebanon, Ore.

He lived in Skagit County when Jeremy Scully was shot to death in April 2008.

Skagit County detectives served a search warrant at the home of McBride and his wife, Venessa, after Scully's body was found. They seized several firearms, among other items.

Court documents say Venessa McBride gave birth to a child in January 2009.

The documents say the child would have been conceived during a period when she had sexual encounters only with Kenneth McBride and Scully, and Kenneth McBride had undergone a vasectomy.



(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Former UO pole vaulter a likeable guy, coach recalls Police are investigating his death and his involvement in an online swingers’ Web site

By Shelby Martin
The Register-Guard

Posted to Web: Friday, Mar 13, 2009 12:33AM
Appeared in print: Friday, Mar 13, 2009, page B4
News: Local: Story

A former coach of Jeremy Scully, who was found dead last year of a gunshot wound, remembered him as a likeable person who will be missed. Police this week arrested a suspect in his death.
“He was real friendly, real dedicated,” Dan West, who now coaches pole vault at Lane Community College, said of Scully. West coached Scully when both were at the University of Oregon in the early 1990s. “Everybody liked Jeremy.”
Scully, 38 at the time of his death and himself an assistant high school track coach,trained for the pole vault at the University of Oregon. He was found dead in April near Bellingham, Wash. Hikers found him with a gunshot wound to the head on Washington’s Blanchard Mountain.
Scully graduated from the UO in 1993 and also was a graduate of Marshfield High School in Coos Bay.
On Wednesday, police arrested Kenneth McBride in Lebanon and charged him with first-degree murder in connection with Scully’s death.
McBride was living in Alger, Wash., at the time of Scully’s death, and moved to Lebanon six months ago with his wife, Venessa. Scully was in a sexual relationship with Venessa McBride, with her husband’s knowledge, according to court documents cited by The Associated Press.
The Skagit County, Wash., Sheriff’s Office told The Bellingham Herald that police have investigated Scully’s involvement with AdultFriendFinder.com, an online sex and swinger personals Web site. Scully may have met the McBrides through the Web site, police have said.
Scully was on his way to the McBrides’ home at the time of his disappearance on April 24, 2008, according to an account provided by Venessa McBride.
Venessa McBride delivered a baby boy in January, The Associated Press reported. The child would have been conceived shortly before Scully was killed, at a time when she was sexually involved only with Kenneth McBride and Scully, according to court documents. Kenneth McBride had previously undergone a vasectomy, according to the documents.
Kenneth McBride is in the Linn County Jail, awaiting extradition to Skagit County. His arrest has brought some closure to Eugene area residents who remember Scully as a dedicated pole vaulter and amiable guy.
Scully was listed on the UO track roster in 1992 and 1993, his junior and senior years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology in the fall of 1993. West said Scully was well-liked on the track team.
Scully helped coach track at Western Washington University and nearby Ferndale High School.
West said he often ran into Scully at track meets when both coaches’ teams were competing.
“I thought it was really great that he was giving back to the sport,” he said.
“A lot of times the best athletes aren’t the best coaches, because everything comes so naturally to them. Jeremy was a really good track coach.”
Ferndale High School officials reported Scully missing in April after he failed to show up for a track practice.
Hikers found his body on April 27.
Sgt. Kevin Martinez of the Lebanon Police Department said Kenneth and Venessa McBride and the baby were living together at the time of Kenneth McBride’s arrest.
“It’s bizarre,” West said of the circumstances surrounding Scully’s death. “What a heartbreaking thing for his family.”


http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/9599027-41/story.csp

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Lebanon man arrested in love triangle track coach murder
10:51 PM PDT on Thursday, March 12, 2009
By MIKE BENNER, for kgw.com

On a quiet street in rural Lebanon neighbors described Ken McBride as the typical neighbor next door. “Seemed like a nice guy, always waved, came over and helped me with a house problem I had,” said Rick Hagen.

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Linn County Jail

Police say Ken McBride murdered Jeremy Scully.

But it is in Lebanon where McBride’s past caught up to him.

Investigators say the 34-year-old was caught up in a web of deceit that forced him to turn to murder. “It’s bizarre, but it’s a Hollywood movie happening right here in reality,” added neighbor Divona Christiansen.

While living near Bellingham, Washington detectives say McBride’s wife met high school teacher, Jeremy Scully, on a website that caters to swingers.

They say the two started a relationship that enraged McBride. “We believe, without a doubt, he's the person guilty of this,” said Chief Will Reichardt of Skagit County.

Investigators say in April of last year McBride murdered Scully and dumped his body on Blanchard Mountain in Washington. “Every evidentiary step we took came back pointing at Ken McBride,” added Reichardt.

Only then did detectives discover McBride’s wife was pregnant despite his vasectomy years earlier. “I never would’ve thought it, unbelievable really,” said Hagen.

Meanwhile back in Lebanon, where the McBride family escaped to in the wake of the murder, neighbors expressed a sense of relief at his arrest.

http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_031209_news_lebanon_murder_.2d51d1e2.html