North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Prisons, North Carolina
End of Watch Tuesday, June 30, 1992
Add to My HeroesLeslie John Besci
Correctional Officer Leslie Besci was murdered when two former juvenile inmates from the youth correctional center where he worked, broke into his house, tied him up, and beat him to death with a baseball bat.
Officer Besci had been assigned to the Sandhills Youth Center in Hoke County. He was a retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant.
Bio
- Age 58
- Tour 16 years
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Assault
- Weapon Blunt object; Bat
- Offender Not available
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