Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kentucky
End of Watch: Tuesday, May 13, 1969
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 5 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: May 13, 1969
Weapon Used: Blunt object
Suspect Info: Died in prison
Investigator William Jones was beaten to death by two suspects he was interviewing in Bardstown, Kentucky, while investigating the theft of several cases of beer and whiskey from a local event.
The subject who murdered him was convicted and later died in prison.
Investigator Jones was U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for five years. He was survived by his wife and four children.