Correction Officer Thomas D. Davis, Jr.

Correction Officer Thomas D. Davis, Jr. | Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio Correction Officer Thomas D. Davis, Jr. | Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio
Correction Officer Thomas D. Davis, Jr. | Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio
Correction Officer Thomas D. Davis, Jr. | Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio
Correction Officer Thomas D. Davis, Jr.

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio

End of Watch Friday, June 26, 1992

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Thomas D. Davis, Jr.

Correction Officer Tommy Davis was stabbed to death by an inmate who snuck up behind him and stabbed him in the back with a homemade knife at the Mansfield Correctional Institution.

Officer Davis was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds early the next morning.

The 32-year-old inmate was a member of the Aryan Nation serving a life sentence for a murder conviction in 1980. He was only convicted of felony assault for Officer Davis' murder and received an additional 12 to 15 years. He has a parole hearing in September of 2024.

Officer Davis was a United States Navy Vietnam veteran and had served with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for nine years. He is survived by his two daughters and six siblings.

Bio

  • Age 47
  • Tour 9 years
  • Badge Not available
  • Military Veteran

Incident Details

  • Cause Stabbed
  • Incident Date Thursday, June 25, 1992
  • Weapon Edged weapon; Shank
  • Offender Sentenced to 12 to 15 years

gang member, prisoner custody

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NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Correction Officer Thomas D. Davis, Jr. of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio and the additional 78 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

June 26, 2022

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