Jeffrey Spaide turned the gun on himself after shooting James Goy and Lisa Goy, two of his neighbors. On the snowy morning of February 1, 2021, three dead bodies were found in the town of Plains, Pennsylvania. Officials thought the deaths might have been murders, but they were listed as suicides. After a fight between two neighbors, which had something to do with shoveling snow, there was a fatal accident in the quiet town.
At the time, a winter storm hit several places in the Northeast, including Plains Township. The storm caused flights to be canceled and schools to close. Some places got more than 30 inches of snow. Many accidents have happened because the roads are icy and slippery.
But on that cold February morning, Jeffrey Spaide, age 47, met his neighbor James Goy, age 50, and his wife Lisa Goy, age 48. They were shot outside of their house for a reason. After killing the couple, Spade went back home and then killed himself.
This is the shocking story of Jeffrey Spaide’s murder-suicide and his troubled relationship with his neighbors.
Jeffrey Spaide was born on June 16, 1973, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He grew up there and spent most of his early years there. Spaide went to Wilkes University and Villanova University. He got a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from Wilkes and a Master of Science in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from Villanova.
Spaide is a well-known veteran who served in the US Navy in the 1990s and then in the US Army National Guard and US Naval Reserve after that. He also worked for more than 20 years as an engineer. In general, he seems to live a normal life until he meets the Goys, which changes everything.
But The Citizens’ Voice says that Spaide and the Goys never got along. There have been a few fights between them, which is known.
Sam Sanguedolce, the first assistant district attorney for Luzerne County, said, “It’s clear that there have been fights between neighbors, and some of them have been about snow removal and cleanup.” “They were across the street from each other, and if they were clearing snow, they were going to dump it on the other property.”