Roll of Honor
Murray Wilson Griffin
Incident
Village Marshal Murray Griffin was shot and killed with his own weapon after he responded to a domestic disturbance call at 211 Main Street in Belle Center. Other responding officers found him shot to death and the female complainant stabbed to death. A suspect was arrested approximately four years later, but all charges were dropped, and no new charges were ever filed. Marshal Griffin was a World War II veteran and had served with the Bell Center Village Police Department for 25 years. He is buried in Fair View Cemetery, Belle Center, Ohio.
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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.
Village Marshal Griffin gave the Belle Center Village Police Department 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Belle Center community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Murray Wilson Griffin served in the Army (1943â1945) before joining law enforcement.
Village Marshal Murray Wilson Griffin is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Murray Wilson Griffin's cause is highlighted.
How Murray Wilson Griffin Compares
Offender Outcome
Case never solved
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Murray Wilson Griffin is highlighted in Jul.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Murray Wilson Griffin was killed by officer's handgun.