Fatal Encounters

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

Olga J. Wilson

Name: Olga J. Wilson
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 03/29/2003
Location:
Leavenworth, Kansas,
County: Leavenworth
Agency: Leavenworth Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Henry W. Miller III, Olga J. Wilson and George B. Burton Jr. were killed in a crash after fleeing police. Police were reportedly seeking Miller's car in connection with an alleged shoplifting incident at a grocery store in Platte County, MO, during which Wilson stuffed a $5 T-bone steak down her blouse, ran from the store and left in a car. An officer saw the car in Leavenworth and stopped it, but Miller allegedly fled. According to police, the officer stopped the pursuit after about a block and Miller crashed into a tree several minutes later.
Unique ID: 2411

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