Correctional Officer Earl F. DeMarse, Michigan Department of Corrections, Michigan

Correctional Officer Earl F. DeMarse

Michigan Department of Corrections, Michigan

End of Watch Tuesday, September 25, 1973

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Earl F. DeMarse

Correctional Officer Earl DeMarse was stabbed to death by an inmate at the Marquette Branch Prison.

The stabbing took place only 15 minutes into his shift at 6:15 a.m. The prisoner who stabbed him was sentenced to life in prison and transferred to a different facility, where he later stabbed and wounded another officer.

Officer DeMarse was a United States Army Air Forces WWII veteran and had served with the Michigan Department of Corrections for 26 years. He was survived by his wife, daughter, son, two brothers, and a granddaughter.

The Earl F. DeMarse Training Academy was named in his memory.

Bio

Age 55
Tour 26 years
Badge Not available
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Stabbed
Weapon Edged weapon
Offender Sentenced to life

correctional Facility, prisoner custody

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Officer DeMarse,
On today, the 50th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just as a Law Enforcement Officer but for our Country as well when you served with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
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September 25, 2023