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Prison Guard Earl Langfitt | West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, West Virginia
West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, West Virginia

Prison Guard

Earl Langfitt

West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, West Virginia

End of Watch: Thursday, March 11, 1926

Biographical Info

Age: 24
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Incident: March 11, 1926
Weapon Used: Edged weapon; Shank
Suspect Info: Executed in 1926

Prison Guard Earl Langfitt was stabbed to death at the West Virginia State Penitentiary in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

He was stabbed by an inmate whom he had reprimanded for misconduct in the prison dining hall.

The 44-year-old inmate, serving a life sentence for murder, was convicted of Guard Langfitt's murder and hanged at Moundsville Penitentiary on September 10, 1926.