Missouri Department of Corrections
Correctional Officer Dennis Bennett
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Thursday, August 12, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer Robert Lewis Welch, III
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Thursday, July 22, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Sunday, July 18, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Thursday, July 1, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer John Michael Bowe
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer Richard Allen Wright
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Thursday, November 19, 2020
Cause: COVID19
District Administrator Debra Kay Collins
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Friday, March 4, 2011
Cause: Automobile crash
Correctional Officer I Rodney C. Welch
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Monday, January 14, 2002
Cause: Heart attack
Correctional Officer Thomas Glenn Jackson, Sr.
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Sunday, July 3, 1983
Cause: Stabbed
Correctional Officer Walter W. Farrow
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Monday, July 16, 1979
Cause: Stabbed
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Monday, January 20, 1975
Cause: Stabbed
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Monday, February 4, 1924
Cause: Assault
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Thursday, February 28, 1918
Cause: Stabbed
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Friday, March 30, 1906
Cause: Stabbed
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Friday, November 24, 1905
Cause: Gunfire
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Friday, November 24, 1905
Cause: Gunfire
Missouri Department of Corrections, MO
EOW: Monday, June 14, 1841
Cause: Assault
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 17
- Assault 2
- Automobile crash 1
- COVID19 6
- Gunfire 2
- Heart attack 1
- Stabbed 5
By Month
- January 3
- February 2
- March 2
- June 1
- July 5
- August 1
- November 3
By Gender
- Male 16
- Female 1