| Corrections Employee Albert Jerald Cox Oklahoma Department of Corrections Oklahoma End of Watch: Saturday, March 5, 1977 Biographical Info Age: 46 Tour of Duty: 12 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Stabbed Date of Incident: Saturday, March 5, 1977 Weapon Used: Edged weapon; Shank Suspect Info: Sentenced to life imprisonment Officer Cox was stabbed to death after being abducted during an escape attempt. A search was begun after Officer Cox and an inmate were discovered to be missing. Officer Cox's body was found under more than two dozen 50-pound sacks of feed in a chicken coop in the prison farm. He had been stabbed several times and his throat had been slashed by a home-made knife. The pickup truck he had been making his rounds in was located in Johnston County. He was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Officer Cox had served with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for 12 years. He was survived by his wife. |