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Patrolman

Roy Odes Caffey

South Carolina Highway Patrol — Blythewood, SC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch October 8, 1972

Age 56

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

Badge 198

The Vigil Panel 110 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 51

Incident

Patrolman Roy Caffey was shot and killed while on patrol in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. A passing motorist found his body. The case remained unsolved with no suspects until a television broadcast in 1997 turned up an arrest of a woman who claimed she was present when Patrolman Caffey was murdered. The two men she claimed shot him had since died. Patrolman Caffey was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the South Carolina Highway Patrol for 26 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and son.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Caffey gave the South Carolina Highway Patrol 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of South Carolina, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department South Carolina Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Blythewood, SC

Platform Identity schp.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 8, 1972

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

Age 56

Badge Number 198

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Roy Odes Caffey served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Roy Odes Caffey 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 97,759 officers honored here.

In SC, 271 of 440 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.6% of this state's fallen. That is 61.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At South Carolina Highway Patrol, 20 of 52 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 38.5% of this agency's fallen.

South Carolina Highway Patrol

of 52 officers

38.5% Felonious

SC — Statewide

271

of 440 officers

61.6% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious