Menifee County Sheriff's Office, Kentucky
End of Watch Monday, July 25, 1932
Add to My HeroesStanley Clay Helton
Deputy Sheriff Stanley Helton was shot and mortally wounded and Deputy Sheriff Marion Stapleton was shot and killed by a man wanted for the murder of a local farmer the previous day.
The suspect opened fire with a shotgun as the deputies approached. Deputy Stapleton was killed instantly. Deputy Helton, struck in the 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 on November 3, 1933.
Bio
- Age 26
- Tour Not available
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Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Incident Date Wednesday, July 13, 1932
- Weapon Shotgun
- Offender Executed in 1933
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