Bio & Incident Details
Age: 53
Tour: 10 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Assault
Incident Date: 10/27/1988
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Sentenced to life
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Corrections Employee Suon Troeung was killed when he was attacked by an inmate at the Stateville Correctional Center.
An inmate overpowered Corrections Employee Troeung to get the commissary keys and then robbed it of cartons of cigarettes and other items which were found in his cell. The inmate received two life sentences for murder and armed robbery.
Corrections Employee Troeung had served with the Illinois Department of Corrections for 10 years. He was survived by his wife, daughter and two sons. Corrections Employee Troeung was a decorated veteran of his native Republic of Vietnam’s war for independence from communist forces.
