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Jeffrey Michael Jappa 1 of 2

Case # :850

Gender : Male

Age : 62

Race : White

Date : 10/22/2023

Location : Northeast Correctional Center

City : Mexico

County : Audrain

State : Missouri

Agency : Northeast Correctional Center

Officer(s) : Kevin Bernard Rolando

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Killed in crash with on-duty correctional officer

Disposition : No Known charges

Open records summary :

Correctional Officer Kelly Rolando was killed in a vehicle crash at 7:14 p.m. on the 54 Bypass in Mexico, Missouri.

Officer Rolando was returning to the Northeast Correctional Center in Bowling Green from a temporary assignment at the University Hospital in Columbia when he collided head-on with a vehicle traveling southbound.

He and Jeffrey Jappa, the driver of the other vehicle, were killed instantly.

Source links :

https://www.odmp.org/officer/26814-correctional-officer-i-kelly-bernard-rolando

https://abc17news.com/news/mexico/2023/10/23/two-dead-after-crash-in-mexico-missouri/