Police say a 13-year-old girl in Kansas died after being dragged for miles by her family’s SUV that had been stolen
WICHITA, Kan. A 13-year-old girl in Kansas died after being dragged for several miles by her family’s SUV that had been stolen outside a restaurant, police said.
The girl was sitting in the back seat of the running vehicle while her family went in to fetch food on Saturday when Kevin Palmer, 34, sat in the driver’s seat and took off, Wichita police said in a press release.
The teenager tried to get out of the vehicle while he was on the move, but was strapped in and dragged, police said. Someone saw the SUV, called 911 and followed the vehicle.
Palmer stopped the SUV and ran away, then was captured by the incoming police. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene.
“This is one of the saddest cases I have been associated with in my more than 28 years of law enforcement,” said Wichita police chief Gordon Ramsay in the statement.
The girl was not immediately identified.
Palmer is accused of willful murder. It was not clear whether he had a lawyer who could comment on his behalf.