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Correctional Officer

Albert Jerald Cox

Oklahoma Department of Corrections — Oklahoma City, OK

Felonious

End of Watch March 5, 1977

Age 46

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Correctional Officer Albert Cox was stabbed to death after being abducted during an escape attempt at the Oklahoma State Reformatory's trusty unit outside of the prison walls. A search was begun after Officer Cox and an inmate were discovered to be missing. Officer Cox's body was found under more than two dozen 50-pound sacks of feed in a chicken coop in the prison farm. He had been stabbed several times and his throat had been slashed by a home-made knife. The pickup truck he had been making his rounds in was located in Johnston County. Later that day, near Mannsville, the suspect held a knife to the throat of an 11 year-old boy and forced him and his father to drive him to a remote location before releasing them and taking their vehicle. Five days later the car was found abandoned in Florida. On October 4, 1977, the suspect was captured by FBI agents in Denver, Colorado. The suspect, who was serving a 15 year sentence for a 1974 robbery conviction, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. In 1982 his conviction was overturned and a new trial was ordered. He was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to life. He has been denied parole several times, including his last parole hearing in 2007. Officer Cox had served with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for 12 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Cox gave the Oklahoma Department of Corrections 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Cox.

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

Agency

Department Oklahoma Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK

Platform Identity odcorr.oklahoma.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 5, 1977

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Albert is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1977, 128 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 36th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Albert was 46. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Albert had served 12 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon, in 2.2% of these deaths.

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