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.
