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Death car: Police set up barriers around a crashed getaway car after a robber killed his accomplice and himself after a botched heist
Death car: Police set up barriers around a crashed getaway car after a robber killed his accomplice and himself after a botched heist

Death car: Police set up barriers around a crashed getaway car after a robber killed his accomplice and himself after a botched heist

Date3/12/1992
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  • Death car: Police set up barriers around a crashed getaway car after a robber killed his accomplice and himself after a botched heist.
  • Death car: Police set up barriers around a crashed getaway car after a robber killed his accomplice and himself after a botched heist
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Original Toronto Star caption: Death car: Police set up barriers around a crashed getaway car after a robber killed his accomplice and himself after a botched heist.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0121268F
      GeographyCountryCanada
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      GeographyCity, town, twpToronto
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      GeographyProvince or StateOntario
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
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      Spremo, Boris
      1/24/1990
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      Darrell, Dick
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      Eglinton, Rick
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      Dunlop, Alan
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      Shocking toll: Philip White, increasingly depressed over his inability to find work, killed his wife and children and then burned himself in his car, above.
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      Bull, Ron
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