Joel Lancaster
| Joel Lancaster | ||||
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| Sex | M | |||
| Birth place | Ohio | |||
| Spouse | Rachel Clark | |||
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Joel Lancaster was married to Rachel Clark. He met her while she was at Michigan State University. After college, they moved to California where Joel was involved in venture capital in the Silicon Valley.
Joel and Rachel had their first child, Jared, born around June 1995.HC4 They travelled to her parent's house in Spearfish Lake for Jared's first Christmas.
Joel's arrogance, and his contempt for the Midwest (despite his own origins in Ohio) irritated Randy Clark, and to a less visible level Ryan Clark.HC8
Rachel, with help from the rest of her family, walks out on Joel and his abuse. She and Jared move back to Spearfish Lake around March-April 2004.
Joel follows her, and kicks in Randy's back door in a foolish attempt to retrieve Rachel. He was arrested, charged and went to trial. He took a plea bargain, and was sentenced to five to seven years in July 2004. Harry Novato thought that Joel could be out on parole in four years.HC29
The book Winter Layoff tells more of the Rachel and Jared story.
In spring 2012 Joel broke into the Wooten house and demanded Jared go with him. Jared defended himself, threw Joel out of the house and watched him while waiting for the cops to arrive.RFW34
