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Correctional Officer Charles Robert Elder | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Pennsylvania

Correctional Officer

Charles Robert Elder

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Pennsylvania

End of Watch: Monday, August 9, 1954

Bio & Incident Details

Age: Not available

Tour: Not available

Badge # Not available

Cause: Stabbed

Incident Date: 8/9/1954

Weapon: Edged weapon

Suspect: Not available

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Corrections Officer Charles Elder was killed during an escape attempt.

Between 7:15 and 8:10 am, Officer Elder was assaulted and stabbed to death by four inmates while he was in the bakeshop at State Correctional Institute Huntingdon. The inmates were attempting to escape through the bakeshop.

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