United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Sunday, January 29, 1984
Age: 32
Tour of Duty: 6 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Incident: January 29, 1984
Weapon Used: Edged weapon; Shank
Suspect Info: Sentenced to life in prison
Correctional Officer Boyd Spikerman was killed by two inmates at FCI Oxford in Oxford, Wisconsin. A third inmate served as a lookout for the two as they beat him with a fire extinguisher, stabbed him several times, and the strangled him. All three, 24, 32, and 32, were charged with murder.
One inmate wanted to kill a guard so he could join the Aryan Brotherhood. The youngest attacker, already a member, was sentenced to life plus 150 years in prison for the murder of Officer Spikerman. The other was sentenced to life. The one who was the lookout, 32, was acquitted.
Officer Spikerman had served with the Federal Bureau of Prisons for six months.