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Klenner/Newsom Lynch murder/suicides 40 years later; Kerry Loggins, who saw explosion at 13 years old
- ALLISON ISLEY Staff Reporter
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See photos of Kerry Loggins, the 13-year-old who witnessed the explosion of Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch's vehicle during the Bitter Blood police chase in 1985.
Kerry Loggins poses for a portrait next to a Farmall tractor with his 8-year-old yellow Labrador, Coleman, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Loggins was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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Police work the area where Fritz Klenner set off a mine killing himself, Susie Lynch and her two sons Jim and John Lynch, after leading police on a chase from Northwest Greensboro in to Guilford County on June 3 1985. File Photo.
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Kerry Loggins, 13, witness to Klenner-Lynch chase and car explosion, stands near police tape by the scene in 1985.
News & Record file photo by Duane Hall
Kerry Loggins drives a four-wheeler across his farm on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Loggins was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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Kerry Loggins sits for a portrait in his 1964 Chevrolet pick-up truck on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Loggins was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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Kerry Loggins leans against a four-wheeler as he pets his 8-year-old yellow Labrador, Coleman, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Loggins was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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1172 N.C. 150 on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Summerfield, N.C. This is where Kerry Loggins lived when the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch on June 3, 1985, ended near this location with an explosion.
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Kerry Loggins is interviewed on Friday, June 5, 2015, in Browns Summit, N.C. Thirty years ago, Loggins witnessed the exploding Blazer that killed Frederick 'Fritz' Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch.
News & Record file photo by Joseph Rodriguez
Road signs at the intersection of N.C. 150 and Strader Road on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Summerfield, N.C. The police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch on June 3, 1985, ended near this location with an explosion.
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Officials work scene of a vehicle explosion after a police chase on June 3, 1985, in Summerfield, N.C. The occupants killed in the vehicle were Frederick “Fritz” Klenner Jr., Susie Newsom Lynch, and her sons, John, 10, and Jim, 9.
Journal file photo by Chuck Eaton
Kerry Loggins sits for a portrait on Friday, June 5, 2015, in Browns Summit, N.C. Thirty years ago, Loggins witnessed the exploding Blazer that killed Frederick 'Fritz' Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch.
News & Record file photo by Joseph Rodriguez
Kerry Loggins starts one of his Farmall tractors to park it in under the shed before a storm on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Loggins was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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Kerry Loggins and his wife, Michelle, sit for a portrait on the front porch with 8-year-old yellow Labrador, Coleman (left), and 3-year-old white Labrador, Waylon, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Kerry was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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Michelle Loggins and her husband, Kerry, drive four-wheelers back toward the house on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Kerry was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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Kerry Loggins and his wife, Michelle, check the radar before discovering that the local farmer’s market is canceled due to weather on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Kerry was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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Michelle Loggins and her husband, Kerry, tend to the plants on their Poplar Creek Farm & Produce roadside stand on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Kerry was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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Kerry Loggins and his wife, Michelle, stand outside with their Labradors, Coleman and Waylon, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Kerry was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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Michelle Loggins walks her 25-year-old quarter horse, Jesse, and 25-year-old paint horse, Nicky, out to a turnout space on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Her husband, Kerry, was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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Kerry Loggins packs up a folding table after the local farmer’s market was rained out on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Wentworth, N.C. Loggins and his wife, Michelle, use the table to sell produce from their farm, Poplar Creek Farm & Produce, at the farmer’s market. Kerry was 13 when he witnessed the police chase with Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch end with an explosion on N.C. 150 in front of his house in Summerfield on June 3, 1985.
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“It's hard to explain,’’ Kerry Loggins said. “You’re standing there, chasing your dog. It’s the last day of school. You’re so happy. And all the sudden there is this explosion. It knocked me down."
