On January 31, 1994, Neal Summers, a 45-year-old teacher, was shot in a hallway at Whitman Middle School in Seattle shortly before 6:30 a.m. Co-workers found him near a door with a gunshot wound to his back; he was taken to hospital but died from his injuries. Reportedly his last words to a colleague were a question about an explosion he had heard.

Authorities later arrested 24-year-old former student Darrell Cloud and charged him with first-degree murder. Cloud confessed, saying he shot Summers to end a decade of sexual abuse that he said began when he was a young student at Whitman. Investigators say other former students made allegations, and a list in Summers’ handwriting surfaced that appeared to name about 20 youths with whom he had sexual contact.

At trial the defense argued Cloud was driven insane by long-term abuse; prosecutors said he was sane and acted in revenge. The jury rejected the insanity defense, convicted Cloud of first-degree murder and imposed a lengthy prison term. Did anyone who attended Whitman Middle School in the early 1980s or 1990s have information about Summers or the students named on that list?