CASSOPOLIS -- Cass County Prosecutor Scott Teter promised Thursday to publicly release all information about police actions at Rainbow Farm as soon as possible after he sees final reports from the FBI and state police.

Teter said both agencies completed their investigation Thursday at the Vandalia campground, and he expects it will be at least two weeks before he sees the final reports.

"There is lots and lots of speculation as far as what actually transpired during the standoff and during the shootings themselves," said Teter, who said he could not answer specific questions regarding the deaths of Tom Crosslin and Rolland Rohm. "When we are able to assemble all of the reports and get the autopsies back, we will air those in the public with all of the evidence and text."

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The rolling hills and scenic woodlands at the 34-acre Rainbow Farm Campground provided a stark contrast Wednesday to the charred remains of the five-day standoff that left two men dead.

The burned-out shell of a Volkswagen Beetle and the lingering smell of smoke from buildings that were destroyed by fire were a constant reminder of the violence as state and federal officials worked to find out exactly what happened.

Grover T. "Tom" Crosslin, 46, was shot from about 25 feet away and Rolland Rohm, 28, from about 100 to150 yards, law enforcement officials revealed during a media tour of the campground.

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CASSOPOLIS -- More than two years before a five-day standoff with police would leave him dead and buildings at his Rainbow Farm campground burned to the ground, Tom Crosslin already was forecasting his fate.

"I have discussed this with my family and we are all prepared to die on this land before we allow it to be stolen from us," Crosslin wrote in a March 29, 1999, letter to Cass County Prosecutor Scott Teter. Teter had sent Crosslin a letter five days earlier warning him he could lose his 34-acre farm if drug use and distribution there continued.

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