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Duane K. Richards
United States · Aged 28 · Died 09/13/2002
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Suicide
Officer Robert Stauffer responded to the Summit View Mobile Home Park at 3:10 p.m. to stand by so Michele Richards could remove her belongings from a home there. According to police, Stauffer tried to persuade her to come back another time after her estranged husband, Duane K. Richards, wouldn't let her inside. Michele Richards broke a window and entered her home. Waiting outside with Michele Richards' sister, Stauffer heard three shots, police said, and called for backup. The department's special response team secured the area before entering the home about two hours later. Duane Richards had evidently shot Michele Richards before committing suicide.
Alleged responsible partyCedar Rapids Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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