Lula Bates
Name: Lula Bates
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 12/19/2003
Location: Brooklyn-Beaumont Road
Beaumont, Mississippi, 39423
County: Perry
Agency: Beaumont Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Family and friends were baffled as to why Charles McDonald fled from an attempted local traffic stop for an obscured license plate. Police chased him down a county road at more than 100 MPH in a straightaway. He lost control on a curve, and crashed. He died in the subsequent fire with his wife Jo Ann McDonald, his stepdaughter Lula Bates, and friend Louie Melton. The family was awarded a $228K for the death of the 9-year-old.
Unique ID: 3023
News article: Link
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