Correctional Officer Robert J. McCarthy
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California
End of Watch: Thursday, March 4, 1971

Biographical Info
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 4 years, 4 months
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Incident: Thursday, March 4, 1971
Weapon Used: Edged weapon
Suspect Info: In custody

Correctional Officer McCarthy was stabbed and killed while working at the Central Correctional Training Facility in Soledad.

Officer McCarthy was mortally wounded at 11:10 pm during the nightly head count in X wing. He was stabbed in the neck when a rape convict called him to a cell under the pretext of mailing a letter. The convict was also awaiting trial on charges of assaulting a guard in December, 1970.

Officer McCarthy had been employed at Soledad since November 1966 and was survived by his wife and two children.