Correctional Officer Robert D. Hurd

Correctional Officer Robert D. Hurd | Kansas Department of Corrections, Kansas
Kansas Department of Corrections, Kansas
Correctional Officer Robert D. Hurd

Kansas Department of Corrections, Kansas

End of Watch Sunday, October 11, 1981

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Robert D. Hurd

Officer Hurd was stabbed to death by an inmate who was seeking revenge for a disciplinary report that Officer Hurd was about to file.

The 25 year-old suspect, serving a life sentence for a 1977 murder, was convicted of Officer Hurd's murder and received another life sentence. He was transferred to the Arizona State Penitentiary where on October 23, 1986, he stabbed another inmate to death.

Bio

  • Age 41
  • Tour Not available
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause Stabbed
  • Weapon Edged weapon; Shank
  • Offender Sentenced to life
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