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Janet Poleate
United States · Aged 47 · Died 12/05/2007
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Corrections officer Herbert B. Poleate Jr. was reportedly in uniform when he walked up to Janet Poleate's car and shot her through the windshield before taking his own life. The Poleates were estranged and were meeting in a parking lot to exchange their children for a visitation, police said. Their two children were in the car with their mother. They were physically unharmed.
Alleged responsible partyIllinois Corrections DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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