Dwayne Lawrence

How they died

Suicide

Police said Dwayne Lawrence kidnapped his ex-wife, Julie Hanes, 38, from a salon at gunpoint. At about 4:30 a.m. the next morning, an IPD officer saw a car matching the description of Lawrence's. The driver took off and a search began. At around 8:30 a.m., a farmer in rural Chase County reported a 1998 Gold Chrysler abandoned on a driveway at the end of a field. The car was identified as the one driven by Lawrence, so a perimeter was set up. An NSP helicopter, K-9 units, troopers, IPD officers and CCSO officers searched the surrounding area. Just before 7:30 p.m., Hanes walked out of the cornfield. Just before 9 p.m., officers found Lawrence dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head about 130 yards into the same cornfield. Hanes was reportedly physically uninjured, but was taken to a hospital for observation and treatment for dehydration.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Dwayne Lawrence, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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