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A legacy of

LIFE
Donation of Neptune
teenagers organs
after car accident
saved four others lives

Ex-Asbury
officers will
investigate
shooting
KALA KACHMAR @NEWSQUIP

The conduct of Asbury Park police at the shooting

death of Tamara Wilson-Seidle on a city street will likely be reviewed by a government panel that includes at
least two former Asbury police officers.
Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J.
Gramiccioni said last week that the lack of force by police to stop Neptune police Sgt. Philip Seidle who is
charged with firing on his ex-wife with two volleys of
multiple shots while she sat in her car will be part of
the death investigation.
Policing experts have told the Asbury Park Press
that local law enforcement could have used deadly
force at several instances to stop the suspect once he
refused to drop his .40-caliber Glock service weapon
and allow emergency response workers to remove the
wounded Wilson-Seidle from her car.
The county Prosecutors Office Professional Responsibility and Bias Crime Bureau is generally responsible for conducting investigation concerning police conduct. The team includes former Asbury Park
See SHOOTING, Page 8A

Is it an ideal situation? Not always. Is

it something thats automatically
negative? Not necessarily.
ROBERT LOUDEN,

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSOR

PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Caroline Duerr, seen in a family photo at age 15, was killed in a car accident at 17 but saved four other lives
through the donation of her organs.

JERRY CARINO @NJHOOPSHAVEN

PETER ACKERMAN/
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Kate Duerr and daughter Erinn.

We didnt get the

miracle we were
praying for, but we
know she is going to
continue living on in
somebody.
KATE DUERR,

ON THE DONATION

It was a conversation no mother wants to have; a

wish Kate Duerr never wanted to fulfill.
Her daughter Caroline, a violinist at Neptune High
School, had just played at a ceremony honoring organ
donors at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.
The experience and the message of organ donation
so deeply moved Caroline that she made a decision,
one she soon shared with her mother.
She said, Mom, if anything ever happens to me, I
want to do that, I want to be an organ donor, Kate
Duerr recalled. I said, Its nice to know you want to
do that, but dont talk like that.
Two years later, in the worst moments of her life,
Kate Duerr remembered that conversation. It was
March, and her beloved Caroline had just died in a terrible car crash. Yet even as she struggled with her
grief, Kate Duerr knew what she had to do.
She donated her 17-year-old daughters organs.
There wasnt a question for me, Kate Duerr said.
I knew it was the right thing to do. I knew it was what
she would have wanted.
Those organs saved the lives of four people.
Carolines pancreas went to a 35-year-old woman.
One lung went to a 50-year-old man. Her left kidney
went to a 41-year-old woman. Her right kidney was
See LIFE, Page 4A

Christie road trips

hitting taxpayers
wallets back home
BOB JORDAN @BOBJORDANAPP
TRENTON New records show taxpayers shelled out
$184,659 on travel costs for Gov. Chris Christies security detail over the first three months of the year, with
Christie regularly making trips outside New Jersey to
meet potential donors and supporters of his expected
presidential candidacy.
The total doesnt include overtime for state troopers
or the price of using the State Police vehicle and helicopter fleets to transport the governor.
The Asbury Park Press obtained the new expenditure information for January, February and March
through a public records request.
Christie has defended his frequent travels by saying
political organizations or other groups often pay his
way, but its up to taxpayers to foot the bill for security.
The Christie security bill for 2014 was $492,420, a
figure that will be easily exceeded at this years spending pace.
Christie has been outside the state for more than 200
days since the beginning of 2014. This month hes been

OF HER DAUGHTER CAROLINES ORGANS

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