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Title: Former pilot and 9/11 conspiracy theorist shoots and kills 2 teen children, then himself
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Published: Feb 5, 2013
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Post Date: 2013-02-05 21:53:12 by wudidiz
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Xeni Jardin at 6:41 pm Mon, Feb 4 Slaying victims Alex and Macaila Marshall with their father, Phillip Marshall. The apparent murder-suicide was discovered at the family home in an upscale gated golfing community in Murphys, California. According to local news reports, teen friends of Alex Marshall, 17 (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), and Macaila Marshall (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), 14, noticed the siblings had not been active via text or social media updates since Thursday and went by the house on Saturday to check on them. The last posts made by either child to Instagram and Facebook were dated Thursday night. The friends told police that when they arrived, they found Phillip Marshall, 54, "lying in a pool of blood inside the home," his 9mm Glock nearby. Deputies believe the children were shot while sleeping on a couch. The family dog was found shot to death in a nearby bedroom. Marshall's estranged wife Sean, the children's mother, was out of the country at the time. Phillip Marshall has been identified as a former pilot for Eastern and United airlines. He self-published a number of books, including at least two about his 9/11 conspiracy theories: "The Big Bamboozle" (February 9, 2012) and "False Flag 911: How Bush, Cheney and the Saudis Created the Post-911 World" (July 29, 2008). A previous novel published in 2003, "Lakefront Airport, New Orleans," detailed his claimed experience as a pilot for the US during Iran/Contra. In his books and his social media bios (including multiple Facebook accounts, his Twitter account and a Tumblr), he claims to have served as a contract pilot for the CIA's Special Activities Division during the Iran-Contra affair, flying shipments to and from Nicaragua. He appeared on "outsider truth" shows like Coast to Coast to promote the theories in his books that 9/11 was an "inside job," the result of a plot between the US government and the Saudis. From his author bio on Createspace.com, Amazon.com's self-publishing service: Beginning with his role in the 1980s as a Learjet captain first as part of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sting on Pablo Escobar, and later in the covert arming of the Nicaraguan Contras, Marshall has studied and written 30-years worth of covert government special activities and the revolving door of Wall Street tricksters, media moguls, and their well funded politicians. I am unable to confirm the veracity of the claims in his self-authored bio at this time. A Facebook page for "The Big Bamboozle" showed posts as recent as January 31 with titles like, "WHAT IS THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HIDING?," "THE ARAB WORLD KNOWS THE RAID WAS A HOAX," and posts about the Bin Laden assassination having been faked. "PICTURES PAINT A THOUSAND WORDS," read one such Facebook post from Marshall about photographs of the assassinated Al Qaeda leader. "Since bin Laden died in 2001, these would be "alleged" photos of bin Laden. Give us a break." He once also pitched those theories to a television news journalist with whom this blogger is acquainted. A young friend of the two slain teens with whom this blogger is personally acquainted described them as "sweet, funny, lively, good kids." A tweet from Macaila on January 25: Would it be wrong if I threw my cat with his claws retracted at my dads face right now?... #pissoff— Macaila Marshall (@MacailaMarshall) January 25, 2013 Photos from the siblings' Instagram feeds suggest that they were outgoing, well-liked by friends, and loved one another very much. In one, Macaila is in the hospital after a "golf cart accident," with her father sitting in the background. In the last self-portrait she posted on January 28, her brother blows a hair dryer at her while she goofs in the mirror. "I pretty much just wanted to say how great of a big brother you are," Macaila writes to her brother in another Instagram caption, "I love you so much!" A family photo Instagrammed by Alex shows the boy at a much younger age. In it, he is helping his father mow the lawn with a toy lawnmower. Macaila Marshall, from her Facebook profile. Poster Comment: L.A. Times - Two teens killed by father in apparent murder-suicide, officials sayFormer pilot and 9/11 conspiracy theorist shoots and kills 2 teen children, then himself
Phillip (alternately, "Philip") Marshall, 54, a career airline pilot who claimed to have once served as a contract pilot for the CIA and DEA during the Iran-Contra affair, shot and killed his two teenage children, and the family dog, then killed himself. 
Philip Marshall, a veteran airline captain and former government "special activities" contract pilot, has authored three books on Top Secret America, a group presently conducting business as the United States Intelligence Community. 
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#202. To: wudidiz (#0)
Drugs are Bad! MEDIA RELEASE PDF http://sheriff.co.calaveras.ca.us/Portals/sheriff/Press/2013/Update_Marshall_Investigation.pdf From the Wiki page: ...the FDA issued a health advisory, which warned that the prescription of bupropion and varenicline for smoking cessation has been associated with reports about unusual behaviour changes, agitation and hostility. Some patients have become depressed or have had their depression worsen, have had thoughts about suicide or dying, or have attempted suicide.[87][88] This advisory was based on the postmarket review of anti-smoking products, which identified 153 reports of the suicidal adverse events for varenicline over the first year it was marketed and 75 reports for bupropion over ten years... pretty much case closed. Impressive report. The Sheriff heard the rumblings from the peanut galleries. explosion at pentagon *Before* flight77? (Thanks Phil)
You seem to have changed your views of the case quite a bit but interesting video. Most interesting, imo, was G.W. Bush's statements starting at 5:58 that indicate he flew by the Pentagon, in a helicopter, while it was still in flames. Also, the statement by Peter Goss starting at 5:05 that the Speaker of the House is third in line of succession to the Presidency, which is disputable.
actually the first thing that I thought when I read the headline was - here's another anti-depressant caused murder/mayhem incident. Then as I read more, it became even more curious. But really, if someone was trying to silence him this was a very dumb way to do it. The Sheriff's report was pretty convincing- if he really did buy that particular brand of bullet, and he's on tape, and they found those clothes, etc etc etc, and combine all that with antidepressants mixed with other drugs, well- unless someone comes out with a more credible theory, for now I'm going with the Sheriff's report- being well aware it could be chock full of lies or half truths. If there weren't specific cases documented that are identical (more or less) to Phillip Marshall, I'd probably be more skeptical. See; Annex- the legal cases at this link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1564177/ If you read that paper at the NIH it's clear that if he was taking antidepressants it is not unusual for him to do what he did. Tomorrow, everything could be different!
#218. To: Aquila (#217)
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That the neighbors heard no gun-shots says 'hit' to me. That, and the killing of poochie.
Something new from the Union Democrat: The mother of two teenagers, slain more than two months ago by their father, revealed details of the downward spiral of their marriage in an exclusive interview and various legal records she provided to The Union Democrat. Sean Plummer married Philip Marshall on April 14, 1995. In the earliest years of their marriage, there were no signs of Marshall’s dark side, she said. “He was not mentally ill when I met him,” Plummer said. “He was very charming and funny … everybody loved him. I was fooled, and that’s how good these people are.” About a year after their son, Alex, was born in November 1995, Plummer said she “started seeing signs of anger … he couldn’t find something (so) he’d just tear things up.” According to a Jan. 7, 2009, treatment summary written by Florida psychiatrist Dr. Liana Urfer, and provided by Plummer to The Union Democrat, Marshall was diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder after “a period of apparent manic symptoms occurring in 2001 to 2003.” In 2002, Marshall, a professional airline pilot, “was smoking a lot of (marijuana) … and absolutely should not have been flying a plane,” Plummer recalled. Urfer wrote that prescriptions of Wellbutrin, Lamictal and Provigil were successively given to Marshall then discontinued “due to lack of perceived efficacy.” She saw “no evidence of active manic or hypomanic symptoms” during treatment from September 2006 to December 2007. When the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred, Plummer said Marshall developed an obsession. “I think whenever you get that intent on something … you start alienating yourself,” she said. “That was his whole life.” Marshall went on to research and write two books theorizing Saudi Arabian and United States government collusion in the attacks — 2008’s “False Flag 911: How Bush, Cheney and the Saudis Created the Post-911 World” and “The Big Bamboozle: 9/11 and the War on Terror,” published in February 2012. The United Airlines pilot injured himself on Sept. 3, 2004, carrying several pieces of luggage up a jetway and stairs when he experienced a pop in his left knee, according to records from a Redwood City clinic. A February 2006 visit to the same clinic revealed non-work-related degenerative damage to his hip. He took the painkiller Vicodin at that time and went on to have knee surgery in November 2006 as well as an injection to block the hip pain. Marshall made brief attempts to return to work but last flew for United on Nov. 30, 2005, effectively ending his 16-year career with the airline. A Nov. 17, 2006, letter to Marshall from United stated the airline began to pay him a $9,008 monthly disability benefit in December 2005. The family moved regularly. In retrospect, Plummer said she can look back and see it as an aspect of Marshall’s controlling nature. She worked as a buyer for Nordstrom and started her own clothing line among jobs at various stops. “Whenever I would do really well, we would move,” Plummer said. The couple separated briefly in 2006 while living in Florida. Plummer said Marshall convinced her then to see a psychotherapist. The therapist helped in an unexpected way. “All the sudden I figured out it wasn’t me,” she said, adding the therapist described Marshall to her as a “charismatic sociopath” and a narcissist. Though not a formal diagnosis, this is how Plummer views Marshall’s mental illness. “This is a charismatic sociopath,” Plummer said. “Period. The end. There is no medication for that.” Marshall obsessed about having control and bullied people, including herself and their children, Alex and Macaila, in different ways, Plummer said. “Phil treated Alex totally different from how he treated Macaila,” she said. “She always stood up for herself. She would never leave my side. He was scared of Macaila and he never showed Alex his true colors (regarding) me. With Alex, it was more like ‘You’re too short to play this sport or that sport.’ … Macaila, he basically just ignored her for years.” Later in 2006, the family moved together to the Forest Meadows home where Philip Marshall ended his and their children’s lives. Plummer said she then found out Marshall was having an affair with a woman who lived in Murphys. The tension in their marriage peaked in 2008. Plummer often refers to that year as a shorthand for the ugliest point in their family’s history prior to the double murder-suicide. The couple legally separated on Aug. 15, 2008, according to court records. Plummer moved into a home in the Fieldstone subdivision of Murphys, while Marshall remained at the Forest Meadows house. Plummer said Marshall had cut off all financial support to her for six months and she found part-time work at a candle shop in downtown Murphys. She relied on a support group of dedicated friends and family, she said. On Nov. 11, 2008, a Calaveras County sheriff’s deputy arrested Plummer on suspicion of petty theft, trespassing and possession of drugs without a prescription after Marshall hid in a shower and videotaped her removing his painkillers from the bathroom of the Forest Meadows home. Plummer claims she took the pills to give to her lawyer as proof of Marshall’s drug use. She spent two days in jail, and charges were dropped nearly a year later after she attended Narcotics Anonymous meetings. On Nov. 21, 2012, Calaveras County Superior Court Judge John Martin signed an order granting the couple’s mediated agreement to share custody of the children and have Marshall begin to pay $2,400 a month in child support and $1,000 in temporary spousal support. On Dec. 5, Marshall allegedly slapped Erin Chamberlain, Plummer’s sister, and was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence. No charges were ever filed. Plummer’s friend Deana Richter was there when the Dec. 5 incident occurred and recalled in an email to Plummer last week that “Phil pointed his finger at me like a gun and smiled. After that he would do that to me whenever he saw me. It was disturbing when I would see him with the kids, they would run up to me with hugs, like they always did, and I would look over at him and he was pointing that finger gun at me.” Another friend, Sheila Krpan, said she never liked Marshall and could see disturbing aspects of his personality. “Phil was very, very good … at manipulating people and getting people to buy his side of the story,” she said. Despite all the turmoil of 2008, Plummer dropped the divorce proceedings the following year. She said Marshall had become suicidal. “It’s hard. Being a mom you know, you just want to be a family,” she said. “I didn’t want the kids to lose their dad. He was on his best behavior a month and then he started with the bullying (again) … if I left with the kids, it would have been called kidnapping. We dropped the proceedings because it was too gnarly. I was winning and (Marshall) said I was winning.” Though their relationship remained strained, “I took (Phil) to Istanbul with me,” Plummer said, recalling a trip done as part of Broads Abroad, her business buying goods overseas for domestic retailers. “I had him here for the holidays. I included him fully in our life because I never wanted to go back to 2008.” Plummer was back in Turkey when she learned of her children’s deaths at Marshall’s hands sometime between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2. As she holds plastic bags containing the children’s ashes, she recalls her first thoughts upon receiving them. “I was literally thinking, ‘Can I put them together again?’” she said. Raised on beaches from Southern California to the Spanish island of Ibiza, Plummer said she found something comforting in the ashes’ appearance. “It’s sand,” she said. “The whitest of white.” Marshall also killed the dog Plummer had bought for Macaila, a Shih Tzu named Sukie. The dog, like Macaila, usually lived with Plummer. Alex split time more evenly between his parents. Plummer said just the right set of circumstances had to come into play to put them all there the weekend they were killed. While Plummer was in Turkey, Macaila would have typically stayed with friends, but she went to her father’s house after a golf cart mishap that left her legs badly scraped up, Plummer said. “I thought that bullet would be for me always,” she said. Plummer said Marshall devised a plan to hurt her even worse than just killing her. “I had become too strong. I became the woman he married again,” she said. “There is no category for that (act). This is not something I would have expected ever … he loved his kids. He loved that dog. (But) he loved himself more than anything.” “He couldn’t control (Alex) anymore. He could never control Macaila,” she said. “He couldn’t control me anymore.” Plummer said toxicology reports of moderate levels of alcohol in the system of each child surprised her. “Alex would never, ever have anything to drink in front of Phil,” she said. “He set Alex up. He probably said something like ‘You’re a big guy, c’mon.’” Records provided by Plummer showed the Forest Meadows home was financially distressed. The couple had “negative equity” of $63,000 in the house, according to a letter to the couple from a mediator in their divorce proceedings, which Plummer renewed in October 2012. Marshall also left records at the crime scene indicating $67,000 in unspecified debts, sheriff’s officials said. Plummer said she knows “for a fact” Marshall told friends she was suicidal and he expected her to discover the bodies and kill herself after learning of his act. Friends of Alex and Macaila saw Philip Marshall’s body from a front window Feb. 2 and called police, who discovered the children’s and dog’s bodies upon entry. Plummer said she has paid little mind to conspiracy theories circulating online and even picked up by Iranian television that say the U.S. government covered up a murder of Marshall and his children. Plummer did say she thinks Marshall knew those theories would abound in light of his books. “He wanted me to see (the crime scene). He was the epitome of a bully. Society helped him be a bully, not just society but government … sure, yeah, give him a gun. Let him buy ammo,” she said. “I’ll never be able to be inside his head. I’ll never be able to know for sure … (but) he missed a little something about me. I have too much faith in God.” Plummer said she did not learn until long after Marshall bought the 9mm Glock he used to kill himself and their children that he possessed it. “He said pilots had to have them for work,” she said. Marshall retained his pilot’s license at the time of his death despite his grounding by United. New Orleans media reported he flew planes over the Saints’ practice facility and MetLife Stadium in New Jersey last summer carrying a banner to protest the NFL’s suspension of Saints coach Sean Payton. Plummer said she will campaign for increased gun control and better treatment of mental illness. “I need to use my voice for Macaila. I need to use my voice for Alex,” she said. “Just because they’re physically gone doesn’t mean they’re gone.” Plummer left her rented Greenhorn Creek home this week to move back to Southern California and be closer to other family members. Philip Marshall’s toxicology screen showed the painkillers hydrocodone and morphine in his blood as well as hydroxybupropion, a derivative of the antidepressant bupropion, according to the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office. A property report of items seized from Marshall’s home by investigators after the killings lists numerous prescription bottles belonging to Marshall: a bottle of hydrocodone mixed with Tylenol; two bottles of bupropion; and one or two bottles each of the antidepressants amitriptylene, escitalopram, aripiprazole and bupropion, some of which were empty. Plummer said the Sheriff’s Office has provided her the name of the laboratory that still has possession of Marshall’s computer and her children’s cell phones. She is working to have them returned. She also expects drugs seized from Marshall’s home to be tested to help determine what effects they may have had on his mind when combined. “It’s going to take a lot of people to figure out what went wrong,” she said. http://www.uniondemocrat.com/News/Local-News/Plummer-says-killer-husband-controlling-sociopath
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Uudate: Marshall Investigation
Contact: Sgt Chris Hewitt
Release Date: 03/29/13
...Phillip Marshal's blood sample contained .08 mg/L hydrocodone (pain reliever/narcotic), .02 mg/L morphine (pain reliever/narcotic), and .80 mg/L hydroxybupropion (anti-depressant). Alcoholic beverages, including a bottle of whiskey and an open l2-pack of beer, were found inside the Marshall home.
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#205. To: Aquila, *9-11* (#202)
explosion at pentagon *Before* flight77? (Thanks Phil)
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#217. To: GreyLmist (#205)
You seem to have changed your views of the case quite a bit
In 1998, a new family doctor, unaware of this adverse reaction to fluoxetine, prescribed paroxetine 20 mg to DS, for what was diagnosed as an anxiety disorder. Two days later having had, it is believed, two doses of medication, DS using a gun put three bullets each through the heads of his wife, his daughter who was visiting, and his nine-month-old granddaughter before killing himself.
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#227. To: All (#217)
Plummer says killer husband controlling ‘sociopath’
Written by Sean Janssen, The Union Democrat April 19, 2013 06:53 am
More concern about the gun than the drugs. Typical American circa 2013.
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