Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio
End of Watch Thursday, June 25, 1992
Add to My HeroesThomas Davis, Jr.
Correction Officer Thomas Davis was stabbed to death by a inmate who snuck up behind him and stabbed him in the back with a homemade knife at the Mansfield Correctional Institution.
The 32-year-old inmate was serving a life sentence for a murder conviction in 1980. He was convicted of Officer Davis' murder and received an additional 12 to 15 years. He has a parole hearing in September, 2019.
The man who stabbed Officer Davis was a member of the Aryan Nation.
Bio
- Age 47
- Tour 9 years
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Stabbed
- Weapon Edged weapon; Shank
- Offender Sentenced to 12 to 15 years
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