Bio & Incident Details
Age: 35
Tour: 10 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Assault
Incident Date: 5/9/1986
Weapon: Blunt object; Hammer
Suspect: Sentenced to death
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Corrections Officer Cash was beaten to death by an inmate with a hammer while supervising a group of prisoners at the Western Kentucky Farm Center.
The suspect dragged Officer Cash's body into a barn and then escaped from the Farm Center in a prison van. The man was arrested, convicted of Officer Cash's murder, and sentenced to death.
Officer Cash had served with the agency for 10 years. He was survived by his wife and three children.
