Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Isabella Lee Gaddis

Gender : Female

Age : 17

Race : White

Date : 08/16/2021

Location : Interstate 26 near mile marker 14.5

City : Inman

County : Spartanburg

State : South Carolina

Agency : Inman Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On August 16, 2021, Inman Police pursued a stolen vehicle. During the pursuit, the car drove westbound in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 26 and crashed head-on into a Kia sedan near mile marker 14.5. The impact killed Elleana Lee Gaddis, her twin sister Isabella Lee Gaddis (17), and Brianna Lynn Foster (18), all from Fishers, Indiana. A fourth passenger, Macy Walts (17), survived with injuries. Parker fled on foot but was captured and later pleaded guilty in 2024. She was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 3 fatalities, 1 injury

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2021/08/30/spartanburg-teens-killed-dui-crash-suspect-pleads-guilty/5637680001/
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2024/09/23/plea-hearing-take-place-woman-accused-killing-3-upstate-teens-wrong-way-crash/
https://www.wyff4.com/article/woman-sentenced-wrong-south-carolina-crash-teens/62337150
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/woman-sentenced-to-prison-in-wrong-way-crash-that-killed-3-fishers-teens-melissa-ann-parker/531-93f658ab-92fc-496a-b860-e974d7b993f6
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/2021/08/17/3-fishers-teens-killed-car-crash-south-carolina/8155533002/