Fatal Encounters

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Kristin Saragusa

Name: Kristin Saragusa
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Race: European-American/White
Date: 05/20/2007
Location: Kansas Ave. and 26th St.
Kansas City, Kansas, 66106
County: Wyandotte
Agency: Kansas Highway Patrol
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Kristin Saragusa died from injuries suffered in a head-on collision with a car fleeing the KHP. A trooper had reportedly clocked Charles A. Barker traveling 85-90 mph on I-635. Barker and a passenger allegedly threw two guns from the car windows. At about 3:40 p.m., Barker exited the interstate and drove into the westbound lanes of Kansas Avenue when he found the eastbound lanes blocked by traffic, and hit Saragusa's boyfriend's 2000 Subaru. Prosecutors charged the Barker, 23, with first-degree murder in the crash.
Unique ID: 6156

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