United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Government
End of Watch Tuesday, July 31, 1973
Add to My HeroesWayne L. Selle
Correctional Officer Wayne Selle was stabbed to death by an inmate with a shank at USP Leavenworth in Leavenworth, Kansas.
He was at the scene of a disturbance in one of the cell houses when an inmate, with a covered face, began chasing him with the shank. His body was found later in the day at the base of the steps going into an open dormitory below the cell house.
Officer Selle was survived by his wife, daughter and two sons.
Bio
- Age 40
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Stabbed
- Location Kansas
- Weapon Edged weapon; Shank
- Offender Not available
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