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.