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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Eric Flowers / The Bulletin
April 3, 2005
A pair of white crosses flanked by plastic flowers marks the spot where 16-year-old Danielle Gates and her best friend, 15-year-old Stephanie Beeksma, were killed Aug. 9, 2003.
They died when Gates lost control of her black Mitsubishi Eclipse on a steep, banking curve east of Bend just after....