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Jamie Jeanette Case
Jamie Jeanette Case, 16, Fairland, died in an automobile accident Wednesday evening. Born Aug. 6, 1982, in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of Mark Allen Sr. and Jeanette Lynn (Boffo) Case, and they survive at Fairland. Miss Case was in the choir at Triton Central High School, where she was a senior. Survivors also include a brother, Mark Allen Case Jr., Fairland; grandparents, Roy and Wanda "Mom-o" Boffo Jr., Pittsboro, David and Jeane Galloway, Brownsburg, and Virgil and Marlene Case, Montpelier; and great-grandmother Nola Lee Bentley, Ocklawaha, Fla.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Matthews Funeral Home, 402 E. Main St., Brownsburg. Burial will be in Brownsburg Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Carmony-Ewing Broadway Funeral Home and from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.

                                                               

Fairland teen dies in wreck on way home

NEWS staff report
A 16-year-old Fairland girl died Wednesday night after she was thrown from her vehicle in a one-car crash.
   Jamie J. Case, 6982 Buck Creek Shades, died at the scene of the accident south of Pleasant View, according to Shelby County Coroner Shelley Snyder.
   Snyder said Case may have died from a broken neck.  An autopsy has been scheduled at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis.
   Case was driving southbound on County Road 850W when she lost control of her 1991 Pontiac Grand Am about two miles from her home, said Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy David Tilford.  The vehicle went off the west side of the road, striking some heavy brush and rolled over, he said.
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Case, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle into an overgrown field.  She was pinned by the wreckage, Tilford said.
   The sheriff's department received a report of the accident at 10:42 p.m. Methodist Hospital's Lifeline helicopter was called to the scene, but both helicopters in service were responding to other calls at the time of Case's accident, according to sheriff's department records.
   Case was on her way home when the accident occurred, Tilford said.   Authorities do not know why Case lost control of the car, he said.
   She was the daughter of Mark and Jeanette Case.  Case would have been a senior at Triton Central High School in the fall.

 

Triton High teen dies in one-car accident

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By Tim Starks
STAFF WRITER
FAIRLAND, Ind. - Just as she was getting back on track at school after recovering from surgery, 16-year-old Jamie Case lost control of her car late Wednesday and was killed.
    Her parents believe Case was on her way home from a night out with friends when the vehicle ran off the road and rolled, killing her.
    She was driving her parents' car south on County Road 850 West when the accident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

 

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Jamie Case had been recovering following surgery.   She was plagued during the past school year by kidney problems.
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had been plagued by kidney problems and missed days, Jeanette Case said.
    "She had trouble catching up in school, because she was recovering from surgery," Case said.  "She was just getting back on her feet again."
    She said Jamie wanted to go to college and become a lawyer, work in advertising or become a chiropractor.  "She had a lot of hopes.  She was an absolutely beautiful girl."
Case was taking a summer course in economics and getting good grades so far, Principal David Adams said.
    "She was a nice young lady and a good student," he said.  "She will be missed deeply and we enjoyed having her here."
    Case was in chorus and enjoyed movies and Indianapolis Indians games with her friends.  She would have been a senior this fall.
    Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy David Tilford said there was no suspicion of alcohol or drugs.  He sad Case was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the car.
Her mother, Jeanette Case, said that was her curfew.
    School hadn't been Jamie's favorite lately, especially since her junior year at Triton High School