3: Remembering Deputy Donald Earl Rice

Remembering Deputy Donald Earl Rice from Charlotte, MI.  He was killed on December 10, 1985 by a hit and run driver on I-69 south while assisting a motorist.  Learn more about this man, that fateful day and why he didn’t die in vain.

References:
Lansing State Journal
Tom Dewitt
James A. Harris and Clarence A. Chien “Police impound car suspected in hit -run death of officer” Thursday, December 12, 1985
Kathy Barks Hoffman and James A. Harris, “Hit-run driver kills Eaton deputy,” Dec 11, 1985
Kathy Barks Hoffman, “Woman never saw hit-run driver,” Dec 11, 1985
James A. Harris, “Fellow deputies praise, mourn Rice,” Dec. 11, 1985
Dedria Barker, “Pastor, fellow officers blast drunken driving,” 
Alec Marsy, “In The Line Of Duty,” May 16, 2009
Dick Frazier, “Drunken Driver Gets 10 to 15 years for deputy’s death,” Jan. 30, 1987
Dick Frazier, “Deputy’s Widow Awarded $116,000,” Dec 10, 1987
Dick Frazier, “Osborne found guilty in car death of deputy,” Jan. 6, 1987
Jean Moore, “Sentence doesn’t end pain,” Jan. 30, 1987
Chris Andrews, “Red ribbon reminders,” Nov. 21, 1989

Inflation calculator 
Wikipedia
Letter written by Carrie Beavers Cook
Rod Sadler, author
Ellen Rice Deverman
Amanda Gleason

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