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On the afternoon of February 8, 1987, a 45-year-old male Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper named Russell Wynn Harper was patrolling U.S. Highway 60 just east of Springfield, Missouri. While operating a radar device in Greene County near Farm Route 189, he observed a red and white mid-1960s Chevrolet pickup truck traveling at an excessive speed. Trooper Harper activated his emergency lights and pursued the vehicle for approximately one and a half miles before the driver turned onto a farm roa ...Read More
Victim Details

Russell Wynn Harper

Male

White / Caucasian

Springfield

MO

1987-02-08

45

Russell

Harper

01/18/2026