Fatal Encounters

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Lisa Renae Oetken

Name: Lisa Renae Oetken
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Race: European-American/White
Date: 09/27/2002
Location: Highway 175 and Zublin Ave.
Radcliffe, Iowa, 50230
County: Hardin
Agency: Story County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: According to police, Michael Vincent Dunn, 39, had been clocked on radar going 85 mph near Story City. Dunn turned northbound onto I-35 into Hamilton County with SCSD deputies in pursuit. HCSD deputies and state troopers were getting into position to assist before the SCSD deputies terminated the pursuit at around 7:30 p.m. Officers continued to look for Dunn's vehicle. Shortly after police said they stopped the chase, Dunn ran a stop sign and broadsided a car driven by Lisa Oetken, killing Oetken and seriously injuring her two passengers.
Unique ID: 1995

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