Fatal Encounters

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Marilyn Ordonez

Name: Marilyn Ordonez
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 04/16/2004
Location: Turner Turnpike
Bristow, Oklahoma, 74010
County: Creek
Agency: Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Cesar Lira, 33, made a dramatic escape in Wisconsin the day before he crashed and killed his wife, Marilyn Ordonez, 27, and injured his 6-year-old daughter, while fleeing police. Lira jumped handcuffed from a wheelchair as he was being taken into a Milwaukee hospital and leaped into the open window of a car that sped away. Troopers in Oklahoma had stopped Lira for an improper lane change, but he sped off. As he attempted to exit at Bristow, he rolled off a curve and down an embankment. He and his daughter were ejected from the vehicle as it rolled.
Unique ID: 18872

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