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demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 01:35 AM Feb 2021

Please pray for my friends. Their teen was in a car that was hijacked-tried to get out was dragge

ICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Saturday evening Update: Wichita police arrested 34-year-old Kevin Palmer of Wichita on a charge of felony murder in connection with a teenage girl who died after she was dragged by a stolen vehicle.

Officers responded to the call around noon on Saturday. A grey Ford Escape was traveling westbound on Kellogg at Meridian dragging the girl. Officers located the Ford Escape at Kellogg and West Street. The 13-year-old was caught on the outside of the vehicle. She was pronounced dead on the scene.

The investigation revealed the teen was sitting on the driver’s side rear of the Escape while it was parked outside of a nearby restaurant running. Her family went into the restaurant to get food as she remained in the vehicle. Palmer got into the driver’s seat and took off with the vehicle. The girl tried get out of the vehicle while it was moving. As she exited, she got caught in the seatbelt on the outside of the vehicle. Palmer continued to drive for several miles.

A citizen saw the deadly situation, called 911, and followed the vehicle. At Kellogg and West Street, Palmer stopped the Escape and ran. He was quickly arrested by officers who arrived at the call.

https://www.kwch.com/2021/02/06/female-gets-dragged-behind-a-car-on-kellogg-pronounced-dead-at-the-scene/




Meet Brianna Ibarra, the 13 year old Wichita girl tragicallg dragged to death over the weekend. Her sister says she was "weird in her own way that made her a beautiful soul." Hear more of what her family has to say on #kakenews at 6.
If you wish to donate to help with funeral costs, family friends have set up a GoFundMe account here: https://www.gofundme.com/.../help-a-friend-with-an...
#tragedy #childdeath #lostlovedones #gonetoosoon #gonetoosoonbutneverforgotten #gonetooyoung


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Please pray for my friends. Their teen was in a car that was hijacked-tried to get out was dragge (Original Post) demtenjeep Feb 2021 OP
what an absolute tragedy orleans Feb 2021 #1
we are all devestated demtenjeep Feb 2021 #3
we are all devestated demtenjeep Feb 2021 #4
Sincere condolences to you and your friends. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #8
This will haunt the parents forever. lpbk2713 Feb 2021 #2
I can't even imagine... Make7 Feb 2021 #5
Strength to you all! electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #6
I have no words. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #7
Something similar happened in california some months ago and a girl about the same age JI7 Feb 2021 #9
How awful. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #10
Oh my... No words seem sufficient. I'm so sorry. RockRaven Feb 2021 #11
:( sakabatou Feb 2021 #12
Wichita is grieving with them. Blue_playwright Feb 2021 #13
That is so horrible... CatMor Feb 2021 #14
My condolences to all her family and friends. Doreen Feb 2021 #15
Love and strength xxqqqzme Feb 2021 #16
... Buns_of_Fire Feb 2021 #17
How horrible kaotikross Feb 2021 #18
This is tragic. Totally Tunsie Feb 2021 #19
Horrific Justice Feb 2021 #20
So terrible, I'm left speechless. safeinOhio Feb 2021 #21
I'm so sorry. phylny Feb 2021 #22
Condolences to your friends, Demtenjeep. Tell them a bunch of kind folks here are thinking of them. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 #23
Palmer should be hanged by the neck until dead Klaralven Feb 2021 #24
My heart North Shore Chicago Feb 2021 #25
I am so sorry this happened mercuryblues Feb 2021 #26
omg uponit7771 Feb 2021 #27
OMG, how awful Bettie Feb 2021 #28
there is a special place in HELL demtenjeep Feb 2021 #29
No words. EndlessWire Feb 2021 #30
Dear leighbythesea2 Feb 2021 #31
more info demtenjeep Feb 2021 #32
That's horrible. I'm so sorry to hear that. TheBlackAdder Feb 2021 #33
the family thanks you demtenjeep Feb 2021 #34
her cousin was one of my students way back when demtenjeep Feb 2021 #35
thank you for those that have donatedbut I did not post to get donations. Just to see the beautifu demtenjeep Feb 2021 #36

Irish_Dem

(46,924 posts)
8. Sincere condolences to you and your friends.
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 01:50 AM
Feb 2021

Just unbelievable. Hard to fathom such evil.
He had to know what what happening as he drove.

JI7

(89,247 posts)
9. Something similar happened in california some months ago and a girl about the same age
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 01:52 AM
Feb 2021

as this one ended up being killed almost in a similar way .

I don't know how they can get over the thought of what happened. IN that case also the family had stopped to pick p food .

Just a regular day doing an everyday normal thing and you come back without your child.

FUck these scumbags .

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,848 posts)
10. How awful.
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 01:55 AM
Feb 2021

Just another reminder that leaving a car running is a Very Bad Idea. This kind of thing has happened more often than people realize over the years. Some time back it was a baby who was similarly dragged in a hijacked car. I've read of far too many similar incidents.

Please, please, please, turn off the engine. Take the keys with you when you go into a building. The time you think you are saving isn't worth it.

Blue_playwright

(1,568 posts)
13. Wichita is grieving with them.
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 02:12 AM
Feb 2021

That’s no consolation at this time but I know we are heartbroken and horrified. I just pray she was knocked out quickly.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
14. That is so horrible...
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 02:30 AM
Feb 2021

I can't even imagine what that innocent young lady went through. Her family must be devastated.

kaotikross

(246 posts)
18. How horrible
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 04:09 AM
Feb 2021

My thoughts and prayers- (actual ones, not the GOP kind) go out to your friends and this poor young girl. That thief just signed his life away, that has to be murder 1.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
19. This is tragic.
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 04:30 AM
Feb 2021

The grief of family and friends must be unimaginable. Sincerest condolences to all who knew this young girl.

Justice

(7,185 posts)
20. Horrific
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 04:37 AM
Feb 2021

I am so sorry.

I always lock the car if I am inside car waiting for someone - whether or not car running. I don’t say it to suggest this young girl did anything wrong - but only to say I think about carjackings and so lock doors.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
23. Condolences to your friends, Demtenjeep. Tell them a bunch of kind folks here are thinking of them.
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 08:23 AM
Feb 2021

At least two more American families devastated by senseless crime.

We've had a big surge in auto-related crime here in Louisville but mostly break-ins. A sign of these desperate times, I suppose and it may get worse.


KY......... ........

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
35. her cousin was one of my students way back when
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 11:46 PM
Feb 2021

and is now a good friend.


all of my kiddos are hurting

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
36. thank you for those that have donatedbut I did not post to get donations. Just to see the beautifu
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 02:37 PM
Feb 2021

soul that this child was

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