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Former NFL Player Buster Barnett's Wife Murdered by Alleged Girlfriend

Police in Clayton County, Georgia, announced the alleged girlfriend of former Buffalo Bills tight end Buster Barnett, Lisa Brown, kidnapped and murdered Barnett's wife, Sandra Barnett, before killing herself, per WXIA-TV in Atlanta.

Christopher B. Buchanan of WXIA-TV first reported Brown was engaged on a high-speed chase with authorities in Georgia and Alabama before her death:

The driver led officers heading west on Interstate 20 through Carroll and Haralson counties. When the chase crossed state lines, the Alabama State Patrol joined in.

The chase continued to mile marker 208 where the vehicle stopped suddenly while being pursued.