Officer Charles Wiget
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California
End of Watch: Monday, January 14, 1952
Cause: Stabbed

Biographical Info
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: 5 years
Badge Number: Not available

Correctional Officer Wiget and Correctional Officer Vern Mackin were stabbed to death by two inmates during an escape attempt in San Quentin Prison. Both suspects were convicted of the murders and executed in 1958.

Officer Wiget had served with the agency for 5 years. He was survived by his wife and son.