Deputy intentionally struck by vehicle and killed while trying to deploy spike strips during a high speed chase.
Deputy Killed
Category: flowers
“My Beautiful”
Single Fatality Motor Vehicle Accident
Vanessa Guillén Memorial
Memorial Mural for Vanessa Guillén in Detroit, Michigan
6 Years Old
Location: Corner
Reason for Memorial: Child killed in motor vehicle accident
“Drive Through Line”
Location: Exit of fast-food drive through
Reason for Memorial: Pedestrian struck by vehicle
“Blue”
Location of Memorial: in a field next to roadway.
Reason for Memorial: pedestrian struck by auto.
“Double Ejection, Double Fatal”
Location: field next to freeway.
Reason for Memorial: 2 occupants of vehicle struck by drunk driver ejected from vehicle and killed.
“James”
Location: woods next to freeway.
Reason for Memorial: single vehicle, single fatality accident.
“Colorful”
Location: ditch next to freeway.
Reason for Memorial: single vehicle, single fatality accident.
“Link”
Location of Memorial: Next to pedestrian walkway
Reason for Memorial: Homicide , gun shot wounds
“Under the Bridge”
Location of Memorial: Under Freeway Bridge
Reason for Memorial: Pedestrian vs automobile, single fatality
“Drowning”
Location: Bridge
Reason for Memorial: Single vehicle accident, victim drowned due to vehicle landing in the water.
“Two Crosses”
Location: Tree next to freeway
Reason for Memorial: Single vehicle, double fatality accident
“Sign Post”
Location: Traffic sign next to road
Reason for Memorial: Motorcycle vs Truck, single fatality
“Back Road High Speed Chase”
Located: Wooded area off of dirt road
Reason for Memorial: Single vehicle, double fatality, loss of control from high rate of speed caused by fleeing from police
“In the Woods”
Location: Wooded area near road
Reason for Memorial: Single vehicle, single fatality accident
“Rollover Part 1”
Location: Freeway embankment
Reason for Memorial: Single Vehicle, double fatality auto accident
“Sisters”
Location: Side of the road
Reason for Memorial: Single vehicle double fatality (sisters ages 16 and 14)
“Train Crossing 2”
Location: Railroad crossing signal
Reason for Memorial: Unknown
“Permanent Memorials 2”
Location: Next to sidewalk against fence of demolished industrial building
Reason for Memorial: Unknown
“Permanent Memorials”
This is one of the more permanent Memorials I have found and looks very similar to the “rest” or “descanso” Memorials found in Mexico and in areas with large Hispanic populations.
There are two separate Memorials about 3 feet apart, its unclear whether they are for the same person or two separate people.
Location: Next to sidewalk against fence of demolished industrial building
Reason for Memorial: Unknown
“Cause of Death Unknown”
Location: Field next to freeway exit ramp
Reason for Memorial: Body found in field, cause of death undetermined
“Drumstick”
Location: Ditch next to road
Reason for Memorial: Vehicle crossed the center line and struck a large truck, single fatality.
“Arson, Detroit”
Location: Front Porch, Windows, and Painted on the House
Reason for Memorial: Double Homicide by Firebombing (Arson)
“2 Lives Lost”
Location: Shopping center parking lot
Reason for Memorial: Double fatality motor vehicle accident
“Surveyor”
Location: Ditch near side of the road
Cause of Memorial: Construction crew road surveyor struck by motorist.
