Bio & Incident Details
Age: 25
Tour: 3 years
Badge # 141
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 2/24/1972
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Sentenced to life
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Deputy Floyd Settles was shot and killed when he responded to an attempted bank robbery in Cumberland.
The suspect was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison. On January 19, 2006, the Indiana Parole Board voted unanimously to deny parole to the man convicted of killing Deputy Settles in his seventh bid for parole. He is eligible for parole again in January of 2011.
Deputy Settles had served with the Marion County Sheriff's Department for three years. He was also a US Marine Corps veteran having served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War. He is survived by his daughter.
