Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset
Barbara Elke Getz Vanaman
May 11, 2006 · Millville, Cumberland County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Barbara Elke Getz Vanaman
- Age as recorded
- 37
- Gender as recorded
- Female
- Race as reported
- European-American/White
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- May 11, 2006
- Location as recorded
- Millville, Cumberland County2200 block South Wedgewood Court Millville NJ 08332 Cumberland
- Highest level of force as recorded
- Gunshot
Where the dataset places it
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Agencies as recorded
Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Millville Police Department
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The source's account
Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.
Domestic violence. Officer not on duty.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://behindthebluewall.blogspot.com/2011/10/nj-despite-lies-cop-husband-who-killed.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).
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This is one of 22 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2006, and one of 26 it holds for Cumberland County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.
Questions and answers
What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?
Fatal Encounters records that Barbara Elke Getz Vanaman died on May 11, 2006 in Millville, Cumberland County, with "Gunshot" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.
Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?
The record's agency field reads "Millville Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.
Where did this happen?
The record places the death in Millville, Cumberland County, on May 11, 2006. The address as recorded is 2200 block South Wedgewood Court Millville NJ 08332 Cumberland.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 25041. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩