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| Deputy Sheriff Marion Stapleton
Menifee County Sheriff's Office
Kentucky
End of Watch: Wednesday, July 13, 1932 Biographical Info
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Wednesday, July 13, 1932
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Executed in 1933 Deputy Sheriff Marion Stapleton was shot and killed and Deputy Sheriff Stanley Helton was mortally wounded by a man wanted for the murder of a local farmer the previous day.
The suspect, known throughout the area as "Bad Bill", opened fire with a shotgun as the deputies approached. Deputy Stapleton was killed instantly. Deputy Helton, struck in his chest, succumbed to his wounds 12 days later. A third deputy was slightly wounded.
The suspect fled into the mountains, but surrendered to a posse five days later. He was sentenced to death for Deputy Helton's murder and executed in the electric chair November 3, 1933. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
