Dyer County Sheriff's Office, Tennessee
End of Watch Saturday, March 23, 1935
Add to My HeroesRedge M. Walton
Deputy Sheriff Redge Walton was stabbed to death in Dyersburg while taking a prisoner to the county jail who was arrested for stealing a car.
The man, 34, an ex-convict out of prison for only two weeks, was arrested a short time later and taken to the jail in Shelby County for safekeeping. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life. On December 18, 1958, he was stabbed by a fellow inmate. He died from his wounds a month later.
Deputy Walton was survived by his wife.
Bio
- Age 47
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Stabbed
- Weapon Edged weapon
- Offender Killed in prison
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