Celtics ☘️ Sentinel

 Triple-murderer, Daniel Laplante, killed Priscilla Gustafson and her two young children but his kill-count could have been much higher.  When the 16-year-old Laplante took five people hostage at the Bowen household, he may have murdered all of them had young Tina Bowen not escaped and summoned the police. And when Frank Bowen spotted the would-be killer inside the same home, it was Officer Steve Bezanson that out-thought Daniel and found him in his supposedly-secure hiding place.  And a year later, when a warrant was issued for Laplate's arrest on murder charges, what might have been the outcome had Lynne McGovern not asked me to accompany her into her home where the clever and elusive fugitive was waiting for us. It may have been my partner's (Officer Ken Beers) presence that prevented Danny from trying to kill me with a shotgun and force Mrs. McGovern to drive him out of the area. The kill-count in the Daniel Laplante saga ended up totaling 3, a mother and her two kids...

Some will think that this is folly and nonsense. Not so, folks! It was all too real! -- Lt. Tom Lane, Pepperell (MA) P.D. (retired). Are there strangers living in your home? | Banfield https://t.co/POpCaiwDSc via @YouTube — Tom Lane (@CelticsSentinel) July 23, 2022 The lessons in survival abound in the Daniel Laplante saga. This happened 36 years ago, and the world hasn't become any saner in that time. Beyond the horror and surreal nature of these events, there are many lessons that an be learned from what transpired. I suggest people read my article and  tune in to Lifetime TV's Phrogging: Hider in my house scheduled for Monday, July 25, 2022 at 10:00 P.M. Don't be skeptical! It all happened! https://www.celticssentinel.com/2021/07/the-elm-street-nightmare.html    

Your kids are out of the house, supposedly briefly - and they never come home.  This came close to happening in the mid-1970's. My two kids, roughly ages nine and seven, were riding their bikes in a school parking lot only 200 yards from our home when they were stalked by a man claiming to be a school police officer. He flashed a fake police badge - told my kids that they had to come with him - and my son wisely knew that he was a fake. My son told the would-be child abductor that he was a fraud and pleaded with his younger sister to escape with him. My son also told the man that his dad was a police officer, at which time the individual hopped in his car -followed my kids briefly as they rode their bikes out of there - and then fled the scene. I relive the incident in my mind quite often lately. What if my two children never came home? You may tell your offspring to not talk or interact with strangers, but this ploy by this kind of depraved individual might be convincing.  My...

 A true-and-suspenseful horror tale of haunting, homicides and the hunt for triple-murderer, Daniel Laplante - as told by the cops that were there By Lt. Thomas Lane (Ret.)  Daniel Laplante - cold, calm, clever, calculating- Photo: YouTube   Elm Street  surfaces on six (6) occasions in the Laplante saga: 1.) He  resided on Elm Street  in Townsend, Massachusetts  2.) He  kidnapped a woman  at gunpoint on  Elm Street, Pepperell , Massachusetts 3.) That kidnapped woman fled to the Gillogly residence on Elm Street after escaping from the armed fugitive, Laplante. 4.) He was arrested and transported to Massachusetts State Police Barracks on Elm Street in Concord . 5.) He was  tried, convicted   and sentenced for the murders at  Superior Court , corner of  Elm Stree t and Gorham Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. 6.) The author, Thomas Lane, lived on Elm Steet, Pepperell, Massachusetts while a police Sgt./Lt. for the t...