Correctional Officer Steven P. Ary, Sr., Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Pennsylvania

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

prisoner custody, correctional Facility

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Officer Ary, I thank you for your service to the DOC, and to this country for your military service. I'm sorry this happened to you. I hope your killer has the courage to come forward with the truth and accept responsibility. I pray for you and your family on this day. God rest your soul.

C Stickney
SCI Graterford & SCI Phoenix, current PSS

September 16, 2024