Roll of Honor
Incident
Warden Daniel Webster died of wounds he received when he was stabbed at the Wethersfield State Prison.
Approximately one week prior to the stabbing, Warden Webster had reprimanded the suspect, who was serving a life sentence for arson, for failing to complete his assigned prison work. On March 24, the suspect again refused to do his work and was sent to a room to await Warden Webster. When Warden Webster entered the suspect attacked him with a shoe knife, stabbing him two times, once in the side and once in the abdomen.
Warden Webster died from his wounds three days later.
Warden Webster was survived by his wife and four children and was buried at West Cemetery, Somers, Connecticut. The Webster Correctional Institution in Cheshire, Connecticut, is named after Warden Webster.
Survivors
Warden Webster was survived by his wife and four children and was buried at West Cemetery, Somers, Connecticut.
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Warden Webster served with the Connecticut Department of Correction.
Thank you for your service to the Wethersfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Warden Daniel Webster is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In CT, 74 of 169 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 43.8% of this state's fallen. That is 43.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Connecticut Department of Correction, 5 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daniel Webster's cause is highlighted.
How Daniel Webster Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Daniel Webster is highlighted in Mar.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Daniel Webster was killed by edged weapon; knife.
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