Alabama Department of Public Safety, Alabama
End of Watch: Sunday, October 11, 1987
Age: 36
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: October 11, 1987
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Released in 2012
Trooper Elizabeth Cobb was shot and killed by her boyfriend, who was also a state trooper.
He murdered her in the parking lot of a church on Dallas County Road 6, near Route 41, while she was on duty in an attempt to collect a $350,000 life insurance policy. The man was apprehended and sentenced to death, but the conviction was overturned on appeal. He plead guilty to murder during a second trial and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was released in 2012.
Trooper Cobb was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for one year. She is survived by her parents.