Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

NEVER FORGET! Please help me honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Patrolman Donald Martin of the Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio and the additional 58 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer (Retired)
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

March 11, 2024

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Patrolman Donald Martin of the Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio and the additional 58 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

March 11, 2023

I first learned of Don Martin in a letter written by his dear friend who chose to remain anonymous. The letter was written to Father Bill Hagerty SJ by a retreatant at Milford Spiritual Center in 1989. The author of the letter felt compelled to write to Father Hagerty, the retreat facilitator, as he believed he had been given a message for him. The first part of his letter described a visitation he had from his f deceased friend and colleague, Don Martin, who asked him to check up on his wife and child whom he had planned to adopt. The next part of the letter urged Father Hagerty to pay attention to a message the author had received for him. He was to “return to Wales, choose Eros, not Thanatos before it’s eternally too late”.
I have sought to locate the author of the letter to let him know that Father Hagerty did pay attention to his message and returned to Wales to ask me to marry him. We were blissfully happy for 31 years until his death in 2021. I added the family of Don Martin to my prayers and wrote a memoir, Choosing Eros, using the words from the letter that mentioned Don Martin.

Julie Hagerty
Grateful friend

January 7, 2023

Patrolman Martin,
On today, the 60th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just for your Community but for our Country as well when you served the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a Combat Medic with the 1st Cavalry Division-“The First Team.” And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

March 11, 2021

Officer Donald Martin, you are not forgotten.

Lieutenant william Wilson
Campbell County PD

February 16, 2021

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Patrolman Donald Martin of the Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio and the additional 54 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation

March 11, 2020

Rest in peace Patrolman Martin.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 14, 2019

Patrolman Martin,
On today, the 57th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just for your Community but for our Country as well when you served with the the U.S. Army as a Combat Medic during the Korean War as a member of the 1st Cavalry Division-“The First Team.” And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

Garry Owen!

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

March 11, 2018

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Westerville, Ohio Division of Police, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Patrolman Donald Martin of the Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio and the additional 53 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Chief Joe Morbitzer
Westerville, Ohio Division of Police

March 11, 2018

Another year has passed and you are still admired and respectfully remembered in the hearts and minds of so many. My thoughts and prayers are with your loved ones and friends on this anniversary of your EOW. You will never be forgotten.

James Sheppard
Father of Sgt. Jason L. Sheppard EOW 12/7/06

March 11, 2010

Your heroism and service is honored today as we approach the 48th anniversary of your death. 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 the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer. He was shot twice when ambushed on April 23rd when he was on a foot pursuit of two bank robbers, 44 years after you were killed.

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

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

April 5, 2009

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE

VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH

April 7, 2008

Thank you for your sacrifice, you will not be forgotten. God bless.

Deputy Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.

November 13, 2006

Patrolman Martin your courage and service is remembered and honored. It is a testament to the high regard your sacrifice is held in that your agency continued the search for you killer for almost half a century. He may have escaped justice in this life but surely found it in the next. We wil never forget you. Rest in peace my Brother and watch us as we do our rounds.

March 11, 2006

Thank you for your selfless sacrifice. Know that you are not forgotten and that others will follow your example, serving with honor as you did over 44 years ago.

Police Recruit Candidate
Cincinnati PD

December 29, 2005

RIP Fella

Chris
MP

October 2, 2005

Don,
Kurt and I worked on your case non-stop for nine months. I just wish we would have been able to solve it for you before Walter Walls died. It would have been rewarding to see him go to jail.

Detective Jeff Schare
Cincinnati PD

September 15, 2005

Rest in peace Brother Donald, you are a true hero and will never be forgotten.


Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 7/15/73

Assistant Chief Carl Wortham
Sand Springs Police Dept. Okla

February 4, 2004