Indiana Department of Correction, Indiana
End of Watch Wednesday, December 29, 1976
Add to My HeroesHarold Edward Rice
Corrections Employee Harold Rice was beaten to death at the Indiana State Prison at 1 Park Row Street in Michigan City.
An inmate clerk reporting for work to the institution's laundry at 8:00 am found Corrections Employee Rice on the floor, having been brutally beaten. He had been struck on the head 13 times with a blunt instrument and was taken to the infirmary, where he was pronounced dead.
The institution was placed on lockdown after the incident, but the inmates who perpetrated the attack were not found, nor was the weapon used in the assault. The warden initially thought robbery may have been a motive.
Corrections Employee Rice had served with the Indiana Department of Correction for a total of 14 years, having previously served as a correctional officer at the prison for 6½ years. He was survived by his wife.
Bio
- Age 60
- Tour 14 years
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Assault
- Weapon Blunt object
- Offender Never apprehended
Most Recent Reflection
View all 13 ReflectionsI was born four days before your passing and we never met. I pray justice will be served either in this realm or another. My mother missed you daily and you were ripped from our lives all too soon.
Your first granddaughter,
Jill S. Biebuyck
Jill Biebuyck-Laningham
Granddaughter
July 19, 2022
Recent LODD Deaths

Criminal Investigator Steven A. Carnes
Tom Green County District Attorney's Office, TX
EOW: November 13, 2022

Police Officer Gonzalo Carrasco, Jr.
Selma Police Department, CA
EOW: January 31, 2023

Master Patrol Officer Clarence L. "CJ" Williams
Cairo Police Department, GA
EOW: January 28, 2023

Supervisory Officer Jacqueline Montanaro
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, US
EOW: January 14, 2023

Police Officer Carl Douglas Kimball
St. Francisville Police Department, LA
EOW: January 12, 2023

Deputy Sheriff Darnell Calhoun
Riverside County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: January 13, 2023

Court Services Officer Curtis Matthew Worland
Alaska State Troopers, AK
EOW: December 13, 2022

Chief of Police Justin McIntire
Brackenridge Borough Police Department, PA
EOW: January 2, 2023

Deputy Sheriff Isaiah Cordero
Riverside County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: December 29, 2022