Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Raymond Murrell was killed in a vehicle crash while responding to a larceny in progress.
His patrol car left the roadway and struck a utility pole at the intersection of Army Trail Road and Cardinal Drive. Emergency crews extricated him from his vehicle and transported him to Adventist GlenOaks Hospital where he passed away a short time later.
It is believed that bad weather contributed to the crash.
Officer Murrell had served with the Bloomingdale Police Department for less than one year and had previously served with the Cook County Department of Corrections.
Survivors
He is survived by his parents, brother, and niece.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Police Officer Murrell gave the Bloomingdale Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Bloomingdale community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Murrell.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Police Officer Raymond Anthony Murrell is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 26.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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