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Frances E. Bledsoe

United States · Aged 78 · Died 11/21/2006
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Frances E. Bledsoe was killed when a other fleeing police struck her car as she drive home from Bishop Sullivan Center, a food pantry she volunteered at every Tuesday. The other driver, William C. Shimp Jr., was reportedly trying to elude police after his neighbor reported that he'd brandished a handgun in front of the neighbor's house. Prosecutors charged Shimp with second-degree murder in Bledsoe's death.

Alleged responsible partyKansas City Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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