Heath
High School shooting suspect Michael Carneal escorted out of
McCracken County
Courthouse after arraignment in Paducah, Ky., on
Jan. 15, 1998.
Michael Carneal
Michael Carneal
Michael Carneal
Michael Carneal kept his head
down for most of his sentencing,
raising it only to be escorted out
of the courtroom.
Michael Carneal
In this undated photo provided by the Kentucky Department of
Corrections, Michael Carneal is shown. Carneal, 25, a high school
shooter who killed three classmates and wounded five others is
asking Kentucky's Supreme Court for a second chance
at his case.
The victims
Missy Jenkins Smith, right, who was paralyzed in the 1997 Heath
High School shootings, and Kelly Hard Alsip, who was also shot, talk
to reporters in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, after
lawyers argued in front of the Kentucky Supreme Court that Michael
Carneal was too mentally ill to plead guilty to the shootings in
1997.
(AP photo by Ed Reinke)
Nicole Hadley was a fourteen-year-old
freshman. Nicole was kept alive
until 10:00pm the
evening of the shooting.
Jessica James was a seventeen-year-old
senior. Jessica died in surgery
at Western Baptist
Hospital Monday afternoon.
Kayce Steger was a fifteen-year-old
sophomore. Kayce died at Lourdes Hospital
in Paducah
about 45 minutes after the shooting.
