John Ordway

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John Ordway
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John Ordway was the sophomore English teacher at the Spearfish Lake High School.

Mr. Ordway was not a popular teacher. What a jerk was considered a common item of gossip among the students.BITH3 Another comment was At least as a senior you ought to be able to avoid Mr. Ordway. He’s a really creepy guy. He’s uh, well, I don’t want to say he’s gay, but he sure acts like he is. He’s pretty weird, gay or not, and the kids I know who had him last year pretty much say to keep away from him.SU3

In the summer of 2010, Jack Erikson and Vixen Hvalchek discovered his body in a car while birding along the two-rut drive at the end of Point Drive. They called the Sheriff's department who processed the scene and interviewed the kids. He had died several days before being discovered.BITH7 Spearfish Lake County Sheriff Steve Stoneslinger declared it "looks like a simple suicide. You think that way when the wrists have been slit and there’s a note."BITH33 Police Chief Charlie Wexler asked the Sheriff to hold the report for a few days, allowing him to use the implication that he might have been murdered when interviewing Frenchy LeDroit, aiding in gaining an assault confession.BITH44 He also used the unsaid contents of his suicide note when talking to the High School Principal Bryson Payne as pressure to get Payne to resign.BITH45

Afterwards, Jack said, "I had him in class one year and I thought he was more than a little weird, like he wasn't all there, if you know what I mean." while Vixen responded, "Yeah, I did too. He was always humming this weird little tune, and he’d wander way off what he was saying at the drop of a hat. I mean, he’d be talking about English and somehow or other he’d start talking about what he’d had for dinner one night a month or so ago, and there was no clue as to how he got there. I’m not sure how I learned anything about English out of that class."BITH7