Ralph Fletcher Sr.

How they died

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Ralph Fletcher Sr. died after allegedly swallowing drugs before a deputy searched his car during a traffic stop. According to police, the deputy stopped Fletcher on Inge Avenue in Garden City after observing what he believed to be a drug transaction. Fletcher cooperated and allowed the search, which turned up nothing police said. The deputy led Fletcher go and he went to a nearby the apartment on St. John Street, where a resident said he appeared to have a seizure while inside the other. Several individuals reportedly carried Fletcher inside and called police when he stopped breathing. Fletcher died at a hospital. Police said they believed Fletcher swallowed cocaine to avoid arrest.

Why we remember them

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

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