On a crisp autumn day, September 20, 2008, Kristine Marie Fairbanks, a 51-year-old White female, was on patrol in the vast expanse of the Olympic National Forest in Washington. A dedicated U.S. Forest Service Officer with 22 years of experience, she was known for her love of the outdoors and her passion for her work, which included being a K-9 officer. On this particular afternoon, Fairbanks radioed dispatch at 2:40 p.m. to report that she was stopping a suspicious van that lacked license plates
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