Fatal Encounters

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Walter R. Rivers

Name: Walter R. Rivers
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 05/27/2007
Location: Highway 23 and North East 250
Knob Noster, Missouri, 65336
County: Johnson
Agency: Knob Noster Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: About 5 in the morning on a Sunday Walter R. Rivers refused to stop for a local officer, and drew her into a five-mile pursuit on a country highway. At speeds of 80 to 100 MPH Rivers ultimately lost control of his stolen pickup and drove into a tree, which killed him and young passengers Stephen K. Hayes and Christian Lackey.
Unique ID: 6178

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