St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana
End of Watch Saturday, June 3, 1978
Add to My HeroesLouis Henry Wagner, II
Sergeant Louis Wagner was shot and killed by unknown assailants as he drove from the sheriff's office.
His body was found in front of a business near Covington, Louisiana. It is suspected the assailant hid in the rear of his pickup truck as it was parked at the sheriff's office and was attacked as he drove home.
While one felon was on death row for capital murder, he pleaded to second-degree murder for killing Sergeant Wagner with three other men in retaliation for an arrest Sergeant Wagner made. The felon received another life sentence for Sergeant Wagner's murder. He ultimately recanted the accusations against the other men, and they were never tried for his murder. Years later, another serial killer confessed to killing Sergeant Wagner, but authorities concluded he could not have committed the murder. Because of the other confession, the felon recanted his confession. He claimed his confession to the murder was because he believed he could escape from the St. Tammany Parish jail while awaiting sentencing. He was executed in 1984.
Sergeant Wagner was survived by his wife and daughter.
Bio
- Age 25
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender Executed
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