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On a cold February afternoon in 1996, the quiet community of Moses Lake, Washington, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 49-year-old White female, Leona Diane Gray Caires. A dedicated algebra teacher at Frontier Junior High School, Caires was in her fifth-period class when a student, 14-year-old Barry Loukaitis, entered the room dressed in a western-style duster and carrying a rifle and two handguns. The events that unfolded next would leave a lasting scar on the town an ...Read More
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Leona Diane Gray Caires
Female
White / Caucasian
Moses Lake
WA
1996-02-02
49
Leona
Diane Gray Caires
11/09/2025

