Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Ray Marilo

Name: Ray Marilo
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 06/30/2004
Location: 499 McHenry Rd
Wheeling, Illinois, 60090
County: Lake
Agency: Wheeling Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Ray Marilo reportedly fled on foot after the 1993 Pontiac Bonneville he was driving turned into a police car on Old McHenry Road, and was found dead of a broken neck the next morning, face down in Buffalo Creek. The impact of the 11:45 p.m. crash caused the police car to roll several times. The officer survived the crash with minor bruises, police said.
Unique ID: 3486

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