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Breaking news: Death of man accused of killing cop/volunteer firefighter ruled a homicide. Preliminary finding – a broken neck.

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STATter 911 has learned the death of the man accused of killing police officer/volunteer firefighter Richard Findley has been ruled a homicide. According to multiple sources, the Maryland State Medical Examiner’s Office determined that asphyxiation due to a broken neck is the preliminary cause of death for 19-year-old Ronnie White.

Ronnie White was charged late Friday with running down Cpl. Findley with a stolen pickup truck. White was found dead in his cell at the Prince George’s County detention center Sunday morning.

Officials said Sunday there were no obvious signs of trauma when White’s body was found.

Richard Findley was working with a special police department team that targets violent offenders and car thieves.

Findley was a life member of the Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department.

Top officials of the Prince George’s County government have scheduled a 9:00 PM press conference to discuss the case.

Sources tell 9NEWS NOW that Maryland State Police criminal investigators will be investigating the homicide of Ronnie White.

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  1. Anonymous says

    Cant wait to hear all the family members coming out to say how good of a boy Ronnie was. Ronnie never did anything wrong. The police shouldnt have chased him. It was only a stolen car and ronnie didnt even know it was stolen. He was such a good boy. He loved to look fresh and all.

    Hopefully this scumbag took his own life after realizing he was headed to Jail for the rest of his natural life.

    on June 30, 2008 @ 11:13 pm. Reply
  2. Anonymous says

    Officer Ritchard Findley,
    You will be missed

    You're watching the tv,
    Things seem ok
    Then the news interrupts your story
    But,thanks to tv recording,
    you quickly hit the replay

    Oh no, not Findley,
    Not my boy
    He was just doing his job,
    Not playing with his child's toy

    Four people did a dirty deed
    Didn't stop to the Officer's heed
    They drag him down the street,
    Probably laughing along the way
    His family is now suffering
    As he lays in God's bodily driveway

    Those four people in the truck
    Which by the way was stolen
    Officer Findley did a great job
    While attempting to make an unfolding

    People,please stop committing
    crimes
    The time is here to make a change
    Findley will be missed by all
    But for now, our hearts are drained

    God will make judgement in due time
    When the four men
    Will pay for this crime

    –Audrey C. Smith

    on July 1, 2008 @ 12:32 pm. Reply
  3. Anonymous says

    So Ron, Limbo is now your Home

    There is justice when you commit a crime
    Ron certainly found this out
    He was charged with killing a cop
    People must tell him, you must stop

    He got scared, so desp to get away
    When Officer Findley stood in the way
    Of a crime, a stolen van at that
    With the price of gas
    What were they thinking under their caps

    Everyone was thankful, Ron got caught
    He was the driver that killed the cop
    The family devastated by the news
    No court hearing for Ron's doom

    Was it a vigilante, was it a cop
    That cause Ron's future
    To come to a stop?

    A strangling, oh wow,
    could this case be more in style
    We won't have a court case now
    To find out the details of what
    went wrong

    Officer Findley can't say
    For he is dead
    Thanks to Ron,
    And his three friends

    The three men left
    will pay in due time
    God will make judgment
    for committing such crime

    on July 1, 2008 @ 12:53 pm. Reply
  4. Anonymous says

    This scumbag should have been in jail still for the things he had already done. Maybe these punks will see what could happen to them if they try the same thing.
    This punk's family should be glad that they don't have to worry where he is anymore!!!!!!!!

    on July 1, 2008 @ 10:09 pm. Reply
  5. M& says

    Speaking as a daughter of a police officer I will be the first to say killing him was NOT the right thing to do.. He was sentenced. You can't take the law in your own hands. BOTTOM LINE!

    on July 1, 2008 @ 10:15 pm. Reply
  6. Anonymous says

    I pray God will comfort the hearts of officer Findley's wife and two daughters. This is a tragic loss. NOTHING should overshadow the death of ANY loved one, no matter who they are. This officer's family should receive all the support and love their going to need to get through this. It's unfortunate that his children lost their father and his wife lost, I'm sure, her best friend. Let's keep them in our prayers. Remember, the same measure that you use to judge others, it will be used to judge you.

    Taisha Brown

    on July 2, 2008 @ 1:02 pm. Reply

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