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Northstar Expeditions

Closed Escalante, Utah

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Address: Escalante, UT
Type: Wilderness Therapy; source
Operated: 1994 to 1996

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Northstar Expeditions was a wilderness therapy in Escalante, Utah. It operated from 1994 to 1996.

2 deaths on record
2 staff members named

Survivor testimony

What people who lived or worked here say happened. Survivors' own words are published with their permission; forum accounts are what was posted publicly and are reported as claims, not findings.

Reported on survivor forums

Fornits: Sky View Academy CLOSURE PENDING AN INVESTIGATION OF ABUSE (2007, 2 posts)

Timeline

From the records: who ran it and the deals that moved it, its names, and the deaths, incidents, inspection findings, lawsuits and news stories on file. Point at an event, or tap "More about this", for the details.

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1994
1. Opened
  Opened in Escalante, Utah
2. DeathMarch 31, 1994
  Aaron Wright Bacon, 16, died here
  Medical neglect
  Aaron Wright Bacon, 16, died here March 31, 1994
  source
1996
1. Closed
  Closed
2000
1. DeathJune 3, 2000
  Kevin Niel Rider, 14, died here
  Suicide from antidepressant withdrawal
  Kevin Niel Rider, 14, died here June 3, 2000
  source

Deaths on record

Kevin Niel Rider age 14 | June 3, 2000 | Suicide from antidepressant withdrawal NM Legislature
Aaron Wright Bacon age 16 | March 31, 1994 | Medical neglect LA Times

The memorial

Staff

Administration

Bill Henry

Cofounder
Elsewhere in the industry
- Challenger Foundation co-owner
Lance "Horsehair" Jaggar

Cofounder
Elsewhere in the industry
- Challenger Foundation field director, co-owner

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Wiki entries

Northstar Expeditions Escalante, UT | 1994-1996

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Government records

NM Legislature

Reporting this program

This program closed in 1996, so the state agency that licensed it can no longer act against it. Other channels may still be able to: the boards that license the people who worked here, law enforcement, and the civil courts.

The Utah reporting channels list each one and what it can do. Time limits depend on the state, the kind of harm and the survivor's age, and many states have lengthened or removed them for child sexual abuse, so a program closing long ago does not by itself mean it is too late. Laws change, so the time limits we list were correct when we checked them but may have been updated since; a lawyer can tell you where things stand now.