Correctional Officer Steven P. Ary, Sr.

Correctional Officer Steven P. Ary, Sr.

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Pennsylvania

End of Watch Sunday, September 16, 1973

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Steven P. Ary, Sr.

Correctional Officer Steven Ary was stabbed to death while working at SCI-Graterford.

He was attacked in a corridor near the prison's kitchen and stabbed more than 40 times.

The 24-year-old inmate was serving a life sentence for the murders of two patrons at a Philadelphia bar three years earlier. The charge of murdering Officer Steven was dismissed in court because the only witness refused to testify.

Officer Ary was a United States Navy Vietnam War veteran. He was survived by his wife and four children.

Bio

  • Age 29
  • Tour Not available
  • Badge Not available
  • Military Veteran

Incident Details

  • Cause Stabbed
  • Weapon Edged weapon
  • Offender Murder charge dismissed

correctional Facility, prisoner custody

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Officer Ary,
On today, the 50th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just as a Law Enforcement Officer but for our Country as well when you served with the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

Fair Winds And Following Seas

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

September 16, 2023

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