Bio & Incident Details
Age: 48
Tour: 4 months
Badge # Not available
Cause: Stabbed
Incident Date: 10/12/1980
Weapon: Edged weapon; Shank
Suspect: Sentenced to death
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Officer Richard Burke was stabbed to death at the Florida State Prison while escorting death row inmates from their cells to the shower. The suspect was sentenced to death for the crime.
Officer Burke had been with the agency for only four months. He was survived by his wife and two children.
