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| Utah officer killed 62 years ago gets headstone on unmarked grave |
| By ksl.com- Pat Reavy |
| Published: 10/12/2017 |
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SALT LAKE CITy — A headstone was dedicated Wednesday at the site of a previously unmarked grave in Kentucky for a Utah State Corrections officer killed in the line of duty 62 years ago. On June 1, 1955, officer Edwin J. Fisher was fatally stabbed in the boiler room of the Utah State Prison. William Walter, 21, of Stockton, California, who was serving a sentence for burglary, admitted to the crime. "Although not a model prisoner, Walter was not a known troublemaker. He worked in the prison mattress factory, located in the same building as the boiler room," Robert Kirby, a member of the Utah Law Enforcement Memorial Committee, wrote in his book, "End of Watch." "Walter said he didn't know why he killed Fisher. He remembered going into the boiler room and seeing the officer behind the desk, but that he subsequently 'blacked out' and could not remember anything until he saw Fisher on the floor. Walter admitted that he stole the murder weapon, an 8-inch boning knife, from the prison butcher shop several months before," according to the book. Read More. |
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