Iowa Department of Corrections, Iowa
End of Watch Friday, April 11, 1969
Add to My HeroesSamuel Reed
Correctional Officer Samuel Reed was stabbed to death by an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison.
The inmate had been sentenced to prison in 1960 for 25 years for a robbery conviction. In 1965 he received an additional 40 years for stabbing a fellow inmate to death. An additional life term was added on April 24th, 1970, when he was convicted of Officer Reed's murder.
Officer Reed had served with the Iowa Department of Corrections for 15 years.
Bio
- Age 47
- Tour 15 years
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Stabbed
- Weapon Edged weapon; Shank
- Offender Sentenced to life
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