Trooper George Tillman Radford
South Carolina Highway Patrol
South Carolina

End of Watch: Saturday, October 29, 1988
Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info
Age: 41
Tour of Duty: 16 years
Badge Number: 699

Trooper George Radford was shot and killed while on duty. The suspect had submerged his body in a pond off of SC Highway 34, where it was found the following day.

The suspect in his murder was found not-guilty in his fifth trial. The juries in the previous four trials all found him guilty.

Trooper Radford was survived by his wife, daughter, mother, and three siblings.

 
Photograph: Trooper George Tillman Radford

Patch image: South Carolina Highway Patrol, South Carolina

Visit Trooper Radford's memorial at www.ODMP.org