Roll of Honor

Prev Next

Police Officer

Raymond Anthony Murrell

Bloomingdale Police Department — Bloomingdale, IL

Accident

End of Watch January 19, 2017

Age 27

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

The Vigil Panel 166 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

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.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier: BO-US-IL-0868DE83
Stewardship: Maintained by NeuraWeb Global Inc.
Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

Honored here by 1 sentinel - 1 tribute.

Are you family? This record can be claimed and maintained by those who knew Raymond. Claim this record.

This page is permanent and free. No fee to view it, no advertising, no tracking, and no account required. It will not be taken down.

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

Agency

Department Bloomingdale Police Department

Location Bloomingdale, IL

Platform Identity bpd.dupage.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 19, 2017

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 27

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Raymond Anthony Murrell is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 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 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Bloomingdale Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

IL — Statewide

354

of 1,318 officers

26.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Raymond Anthony Murrell's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Raymond Anthony Murrell Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service