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Man Fleeing From Cops Freezes To Death Upstate
WNBC Television ^ | 2/17/2004 | Puppage

Posted on 02/17/2004 1:12:33 PM PST by Puppage

MALONE, N.Y. -- Loved ones of a man who froze to death after fleeing from police Saturday say police shouldn't have chased him through snow and into the woods in below zero temperatures.

State police told the Press Republican of Plattsburgh that Kevin D'Amour, 28, of Owls Head, was with a group of friends when they tried to approach him with an arrest warrant for violating probation. Owls Head is about 145 miles north of Albany.

They said D'Amour -- who was on probation for a misdemeanor petit larceny charge -- went into the woods and to his mother's house. Police said that by the time they reached the house, D'Amour was back in the woods, hiding.

Friends and family members said they searched for D'Amour hours later because he hadn't returned. They called police and reported D'Amour missing around 11 a.m., Sunday, the newspaper reported.

Police, rangers and volunteers searched the area and found D'Amour's body almost four hours later, about two miles from his mother's house.

Police said D'Amour was wearing jeans, a coat and boots -- not enough to survive temperatures that plunged to 25-below zero. They said there was evidence he had tried to build a fire.

D'Amour's girlfriend Shari Esser blames police for chasing the young man into the woods and not continuing to look for him because it was too cold.

Police said D'Amour is the one who decided to flee and remain in the woods.


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Perhaps, they should just have waited for a nice sunny day, hmm?
1 posted on 02/17/2004 1:12:36 PM PST by Puppage
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To: Puppage
I'm watching "Fargo" tonite courtesy Netflix.

Should be fun, Yaah.

2 posted on 02/17/2004 1:14:32 PM PST by freedomlover
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To: freedomlover
One of my ALL TIME favorites.
3 posted on 02/17/2004 1:15:19 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Puppage
Darwin Award material.
4 posted on 02/17/2004 1:15:43 PM PST by Publius (Die Erde ist gewaltig schön, doch sicher ist sie nicht.)
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To: Puppage
"My chilly D'Amour.
Frozen little one that I adore..."

5 posted on 02/17/2004 1:15:45 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Puppage
Looks like they caught him cold.
6 posted on 02/17/2004 1:16:02 PM PST by aomagrat (IYAOYAS)
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To: billorites
LOL!!!
7 posted on 02/17/2004 1:16:30 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
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25 below? What an idiot! A full-grown adult who doesn't know you need more protection than what was apparently just an ordinary old coat, pair of jeans and boots can give you when it's 25 below zero deserves the Darwin Award -- particularly since he's from that part of the country.
8 posted on 02/17/2004 1:20:50 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Publius
BUMP
9 posted on 02/17/2004 1:22:04 PM PST by international american (Support our troops........................................revoke Hillary's visa!!)
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To: Publius
Definite Darwin, and unlike some, easily documented.
10 posted on 02/17/2004 1:25:00 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: Puppage
We need to install heaters and hot chocolate dispensers in the woods so that fleeing criminals can stay warm.
11 posted on 02/17/2004 1:35:04 PM PST by catpuppy
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To: Puppage
He coulda stopped running at any time. Jail is nice and warm.
12 posted on 02/17/2004 1:41:43 PM PST by Only1choice____Freedom (The word system implies they have done something the same way at least twice)
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To: catpuppy
Let's not forget the warm muffins, too.
13 posted on 02/17/2004 1:41:43 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
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>Loved ones of a man who froze to death after fleeing from police

I wonder if he
scratched an opus in the snow
before he passed on?

14 posted on 02/17/2004 1:47:09 PM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: LibWhacker
25 below? What an idiot! A full-grown adult who doesn't know you need more protection than what was apparently just an ordinary old coat, pair of jeans and boots can give you when it's 25 below zero deserves the Darwin Award -- particularly since he's from that part of the country.

Reading between the lines, the deceased had probably imbibed a large quantity of alcohol while out with his friends.

Alcohol and sub-zero temperatures do not mix well.

15 posted on 02/17/2004 1:47:58 PM PST by Reelect President Dubya (Drug prohibition laws help support terrorism.)
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They said there was evidence he had tried to build a fire

Must have skipped that Boy Scout firestarting merit badge training when he was a kid. That'll learn him.

16 posted on 02/17/2004 1:51:00 PM PST by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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To: Puppage
They should have chased him into the Waldorf Astoria and booked him a room and made sure that he had a big fluffy robe.
17 posted on 02/17/2004 2:02:19 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Hey Botox Boy, why the long face?)
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To: Puppage
What did Bush know?

And when did he know it?

18 posted on 02/17/2004 2:55:44 PM PST by SengirV
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To: SengirV
You beat me. It is all Bush's fault.

And didn't this microwavable fresh frozen loser know that jails cells are nice and warm?

However this being the jurisdiction of the corrupt NY courts, I will absolutely expect some lawyer/thief/liar to sue the police for oh, say, $5,000,000. Mark my words

19 posted on 02/17/2004 3:08:57 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (Man rises to greatness if greatness is expected of him)
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To: Puppage
"30 DAYS IN THE COOLER!"


20 posted on 02/17/2004 3:17:59 PM PST by jaz.357 (Liberals fund the problems they seek to solve so that they can justify taxing you to fund them.)
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