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What we know about Robert Lewis Dear, alleged gunman identified in deadly Colorado Planned Parenthood attack
By Caitlin Dickson
1 hour ago
Yahoo News
... Dear split his time between .. Swannanoa, North Carolina, and a remote cabin without electricity or running water in Black Mountain, about 15 miles outside Asheville ... Neighbor James Russell told the AP that .. Dear avoided eye contact and rambled ... Russell said he’d never heard Dear talk about religion or abortion ... Other .. outlets .. traced Dear’s roots .. to South Carolina, where .. records indicate a history of arrests and .. disputes ... Dear was arrested in 2002 on peeping tom charges .. later dismissed and in 2003 on animal cruelty charges for which he was found not guilty ...

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Have they said which church he attended? B2G Nov 2015 #1

Currently my church related searches bring up mainly struggle4progress Nov 2015 #44

Alleged Planned Parenthood Shooter Robert Lewis Dear Was Accused of Domestic Violence and Leering struggle4progress Nov 2015 #2

And the mentally ill lone gunman narrative we know so well begins. nt valerief Nov 2015 #3

Yep. deathrind Nov 2015 #5

Well TeddyR Nov 2015 #10

Why doesn't assuming mental illness require evidence? HereSince1628 Nov 2015 #32

The point being made is rainy Nov 2015 #33

Well, RobinA Nov 2015 #46

Wasn't Ft. Hood described as workplace violence? 840high Nov 2015 #81

But that does appear to be what he is. cwydro Nov 2015 #14

I don't know what information I'm not being told. nt valerief Nov 2015 #27

We sure have a lot of these "lone gunman" types milling about. nt TBF Nov 2015 #55

"lone wolf" ... napkinz Nov 2015 #63

Police probe motive of Colorado shooter struggle4progress Nov 2015 #4

Photo of his N Carolina shack from that link uppityperson Nov 2015 #12

I thought they said no electricity, but cwydro Nov 2015 #18

That is his shack in the woods. He lived in a white trailer. Luminous Animal Nov 2015 #73

I wonder how often he went there. Just occasionally maybe? valerief Nov 2015 #29

Ofcourse it suits their narrative malaise Nov 2015 #30

A trailer in the nearby town. But we'll only see that damn shack. nt valerief Nov 2015 #31

We have a report he lived in SC 1997-2007; and a report struggle4progress Nov 2015 #34

Thanks. So the natural guess is he spent most of his time in the place valerief Nov 2015 #36

Here's a photo of the Swannoa trailer struggle4progress Nov 2015 #37

Thanks. Charming, huh? nt valerief Nov 2015 #38

Another photo of his Swannanoa trailer struggle4progress Nov 2015 #68

That looks like the real estate ad view. valerief Nov 2015 #69

With a side of paranoia TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #67

I'm Missing RobinA Nov 2015 #47

Recent press says no electricity or running water at his CO place struggle4progress Nov 2015 #62

With what money? Proserpina Nov 2015 #48

A former SC neighbor said he lived off sales of his uncle's paintings struggle4progress Nov 2015 #50

Suspect in Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting loner, left few clues, police say struggle4progress Nov 2015 #6

The neighbors are still too fearful to comment for attribution on Dear gratuitous Nov 2015 #7

Loner who killed three in Planned Parenthood shooting struggle4progress Nov 2015 #8

Wanted Obama impeached? Oh, what a surprise. muriel_volestrangler Nov 2015 #9

Bet he was a faithful follower of Rush workinclasszero Nov 2015 #20

his voting registration has to be mixed up database recor, shows wrong year of birth and as a female Turn CO Blue Nov 2015 #35

Robert Lewis Dear To Appear In Court Monday struggle4progress Nov 2015 #11

Planned Parenthood exec says gunman broke into clinic but stopped by locked door struggle4progress Nov 2015 #13

Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting: details of suspect emerge struggle4progress Nov 2015 #15

We have one big clue about his ideology. yardwork Nov 2015 #17

Well of course he was just going to BBQ inside the PP building with the butane tanks. Rex Nov 2015 #22

A cross made of twigs displayed outside his cabin. yardwork Nov 2015 #16

Unfortunately, with television and internet, one can be both. arcane1 Nov 2015 #76

Then the media should report those influences. yardwork Nov 2015 #82

Suspect Has Unsettling Past struggle4progress Nov 2015 #19

Yeah he was just taking those butane tanks into the PP building for?? Rex Nov 2015 #21

Here’s What We Know About The Suspect struggle4progress Nov 2015 #23

he clearly was very RW, and he probably listened avidly to the RW mouthpieces tblue37 Nov 2015 #24

If he lived in the boonies with no electricity Tipperary Nov 2015 #74

That way he couldn't possibly Turbineguy Nov 2015 #79

Police ID Gunman struggle4progress Nov 2015 #25

4 released from hospital struggle4progress Nov 2015 #26

Colorado cafe owner says suspect didn't say much struggle4progress Nov 2015 #28

5 Fast Facts struggle4progress Nov 2015 #39

Priest who holds Mass in front of clinic says alleged gunman not part of group struggle4progress Nov 2015 #40

Who Is Robert Lewis Dear? struggle4progress Nov 2015 #41

Neighbors say Planned Parenthood shooting suspect hid food, skinny dipped struggle4progress Nov 2015 #42

Gunman's motive in Planned Parenthood shootings unclear struggle4progress Nov 2015 #43

"No more baby parts" etherealtruth Nov 2015 #45

Thanks. That's new, and it could reflect his motive. struggle4progress Nov 2015 #49

Colorado suspect has history of aggressive behavior struggle4progress Nov 2015 #51

Suspect in Colorado attack called recluse who left few clues struggle4progress Nov 2015 #52

Investigators search for motive struggle4progress Nov 2015 #53

Gunman’s Past Scoured for Clues struggle4progress Nov 2015 #54

If he were a Muslim citizen, we would ask where he was radicalized Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #56

Planned Parenthood Shooting Suspect struggle4progress Nov 2015 #57

Alleged Colorado gunman was adrift and alienated struggle4progress Nov 2015 #58

Gunman lived a solitary life in the N.C. mountains struggle4progress Nov 2015 #59

Reclusive existence in mountain enclave struggle4progress Nov 2015 #60

Suspect in Colorado attack called recluse who left few clues struggle4progress Nov 2015 #61

Planned Parenthood suspect told cops 'no more baby parts' after attack struggle4progress Nov 2015 #64

Ex-wife floored struggle4progress Nov 2015 #65

Suspect in Colorado Killings ‘Preferred to Be Left Alone’ struggle4progress Nov 2015 #66

Dear appeared to solicit sex, rant about apocalypse online struggle4progress Nov 2015 #70

What Colorado Springs suspect told cops struggle4progress Nov 2015 #71

Details Emerge struggle4progress Nov 2015 #72

Suspect Seemed Strange, Not Dangerous struggle4progress Nov 2015 #75

Former N.C. neighbors say Planned Parenthood shooting suspect was ‘quiet’ struggle4progress Nov 2015 #77

Colorado shooter’s neighbor said suspect not like others nearby struggle4progress Nov 2015 #78

What's known struggle4progress Nov 2015 #80