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Deaths. 2 (both perpetrators) Injured. 79 (1 by gunfire, 78 by bombing) Perpetrators. David and Doris Young. The Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis occurred on Friday, May 16, 1986 in Cokeville, Wyoming, United States, when former town marshal David Young, 43, and his wife Doris Young, 47, [1] took 154 hostages – 136 children and 18 ...
May 17, 1986 · Children Screaming Mr. Excell said John Miller, 30 years old, a music teacher, was shot in the shoulder as he tried to run down a hallway. Mr. Miller ran about 200 yards before collapsing, Mr ...
The fact that they did was declared a “miracle” by investigative lawmen on the scene. Only the two perpetrators, David Young and his wife, Doris, died.
May 24, 1986 · Authorities initially said Doris Young died when the homemade bomb was detonated accidentally. Young, who masterminded the plot to obtain a $300-million ransom for the students, teachers and ...
Jul 19, 2019 · Cokeville Bombing. David Young's arsenal is put on display during the investigation of a hostage situation at Cokeville Elementary School on May 16, 1986. Young, and his wife Doris,...
Nov 8, 2014 · David Young, who shot and killed his wife, Doris, after she accidentally set off the bomb in the Cokeville Elementary School, and then shot himself. Casper Star-Tribune Collection, Casper College Western History Center.
Feb 27, 2011 · Saturday, November 8, 2014. Rich Haskell. Wyoming State Archives photo. The Cokeville hostage crisis began the afternoon of May 16, 1986, when David and Doris Young took 154 children and adults hostage at the Cokeville Elementary School in tiny Cokeville, Wyo.
