Fatal Encounters

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Robert Cheers

Name: Robert Cheers
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 01/04/2003
Location: E Broadway Ave & N Herald Rd
Spokane, Washington, 99206
County: Spokane
Agency: Washington State Patrol
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Cheers was driving a car in which an escapee from the Geiger Work Release Center, Rodney Allen Materne Sr., was a passenger. He ran a stop sign and crashed into a pickup and died at the scene.
Unique ID: 2207

News article: Link






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