Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for your service and sacrifice Officer Curtis. I just saw your case on 48 Hours. I'm glad your family got justice.

Tonya LaFarr, Des Moines Iowa
Private Citizen, Law Enforcement Supporter

September 11, 2024

Officer Curtis' son Keith was my boss many years ago at Armored Transport. Keith was a real great guy to work for and always gave you a square deal. To my knowledge he never mentioned his father. Keith was a quiet pleasant man, his father officer Curtis would have been very proud of his son.

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May 28, 2023

Thank you for your service and today we remind you and your family that your sacrifice is one that will never, ever be forgotten by your LE brethren. Rest in peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

July 22, 2020

Rest in peace Officer Curtis.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

It was 62 years ago today that you were ambushed while doing your duty. I was an eight year old at the time, living in this small town. I always remembered the incident and followed it closely, as did my younger brother. I got a call one day from my brother advising me that the "cop killers" were to be on "Cold Case Files". I was glad that the perpetrator was finally going to be punished. It wasn't right that he got to spend his entire life free only to spend his declining years being supported by the taxpayers.

Dennis W. Barrett
Citizen

July 29, 2019

Rest In Peace Brother in Blue. You are honored and remembered on the 61st anniversary of your EOW. May the scum that took your and your partner's life rot and suffer.

Officer Mike Robinson, (Ret)
Upland Police Dept. CA

July 22, 2018

If the man who killed you had any REAL remorse, he would have turned himself decades ago. The death penalty was suspended at the time in 1972, so he has no excuse not to turn himself in

Rayan Alam

February 18, 2017

I've seen this case on Forensic Files and have read about it online. I pray for the families of Officers Phillips and Curtis. Gerald Fit Mason is a perfect example of how someone can trivialize such a horrendous crime and spend 45 years of their life as if nothing ever happened. He, obviously, has no conscience and was remorseful only because he was caught and for no other reason. I'm in total agreement with his captors who say he will never be released from prison. He enjoyed his family for over 40 years. His victim's families, their wives and children, never did.

Jose Isla
Electrical Diagnostic Technician, Fremont, Calif.

January 26, 2017

Rest in Peace Police Officer Milton G. Curtis. Thank You for your Service and Sacrifice Protecting the citizens of El Segundo, CA. Your Service is Exemplary in all respects.

I Pray for Peace for your Family, Friends and Co-Workers. I also Pray that the hounds of hell forever gnaw on the rotten soul of your murderer. May he never see the light of day outside of prison!

Amen.

Senior Special Agent B.L. Sherwood (Ret)
Port Terminal Railroad Police Houston, TX

July 20, 2016

Heard your story on Forensic Files. I am so glad the dedicated Officers were able to bring justice. Gone too soon. Rest in peace sir. Thank you for your service. Thoughts are with your family.

G. Birkholz
mother of Officer Craig Birkholz, E.O.W. 3/20/11

April 23, 2016

My God bless your sole R.I.P. I am not a police officer but I hate when a officer gets killed in the line of duty and was watching a story on Murder Book TV show about this it is a sad way and hoping in 2017 the killer still stays in jail. I am from Australia

Phillip Brock. Security Officer

December 2, 2015

Your shift is over, but you are not forgotten. God bless.

Mark Muckelberg (retired patrol officer)
St Louis Park, Minnesota

October 15, 2015

Glad your killer was finally caught. Rest in Peace Officer Curtis. God's Blessings to your family.

Jackie

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January 31, 2015

I've seen your story several times growing up. I was an Explorer in the same general vicinity of El Segundo at the time your murderer was caught and I was elated to hear he had finally been brought to justice. Your story has always been in the back of my mind when working graveyards in LA County. I just saw your story again on ID Discovery tonight. You will never be forgotten!

Santa Fe Springs CHP Officer Jeremy Tole
California Highway Patrol

January 7, 2015

Just watch on id how does a man get away for 46 years

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Friend

January 7, 2015

Watching your story on the ID Channel. It's been a long time, but you are not forgotten. Your coward is still behind bars and I hope he rots there. May God watch over your family and friends sir.

Ross county Ohio
Sheriffs department

January 6, 2015

watching your story on "Cold Case Files". RIP hero, we have the watch.

Sergeant Bill Clock
Ann Arbor, MI Police Department

February 4, 2014

To fully appreciate the heroes of the present, we must recognize our heroes of the past. Your heroism and service is honored today, the 56th anniversary year of your death. I am priviliged to leave a tribute to you. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered. Rest In Peace.

I am glad that justice finally prevailed.

Phyllis Lasater Loya
mom of fallen Pittsburg (CA) officer Larry Lasater

January 15, 2013

Rest in peace, you are not forgotten.

Detective Joe De Seve (Ret)
East Greenbush PD (New York)

November 10, 2012

Rest In Peace, brave officer.

Wiliam Sabino
Attorney

March 9, 2011

I just watched a show on True TV about your and your partner’s case. Both of you were executed in cold blood by a WORTHLESS SCUM WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXECUTED FOR WHAT HE DID. God bless you and your partner, your family and his - forever. God bless.

Trooper
NY State Police

January 4, 2010

Your sacrifice will never be forgotten. Your good shooting helped bring this coward to justice.Rest easy sir

J.W. Stahl
DKPD

November 26, 2009

Rest in Peace, Officer Curtis. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

October 22, 2009

I just saw a re-play of Cold Case Files and I am glad your killer has been brought to justice. The Officers of your department did not let you and your family down. R.I.P.

Detective James Pollock Jr.
Muhlenberg Twp. Pennsylvania

May 1, 2009

Officer Curtis
I saw your case on Cold Case Files today and thanks to the relentlessness of the investigators and the much improved foresics through the years your killer will spend the rest of his life behind bars. You and your partner will never be forgotten.

Mark (Retired WPD)

January 21, 2009