Fatal Encounters

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Lillian Jeanne Stafford

Name: Lillian Jeanne Stafford
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 08/20/2003
Location:
Hutchinson, Kansas, 67502
County: Reno
Agency: Reno County Sheriff's Office, Harvey County Sheriff's Office, McPherson County Sheriff's Office, Hutchinson Police Department
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Intended Use of Force: Suicide
Media summary: Lillian Jeanne Stafford, a psychology teacher at Hutchinson Community College, reportedly shot herself as officers closed in to question her about the shooting death of her husband. Dr. Robert Stafford, 60, was shot and killed the night before at a medical office building across from the Hutchinson Clinic. Officers found Lillian Stafford's SUV parked in a cul-de-sac northwest of Hutchinson at around 1:20 p.m. According to police, the officers heard a gunshot coming from behind a sand dune 50-75 feet off the road, and found Stafford, suffering from a single gunshot wound to the chest. She died at a hospital.
Unique ID: 2735

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