At Rest

Pursuit
About 1 a.m., several burglar alarms went off at two Wood River car dealerships. An officer in South Roxana spotted at least five vehicles on Madison Avenue getting onto southbound Interstate 255, and began to pursue at speeds reaching more than 120 mph. About five miles down the highway, at least two of the cars left the highway and rolled. One of them went into a canal, ejecting a person into the water. A 16-year-old was seriously injured. 14-year-old Harry Linnen, Jr. was found dead in the water about four hours after the crash.
This record exists so that Harry Linnen Jr., and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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