Larry L. Stell
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Correctional Officer

Larry L. Stell

Felonious
End of Watch October 11, 2012
Age 46
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer Larry Stell was fatally stabbed by an inmate at the Telfair State Prison in Helena, Georgia.

The attack occurred in a dormitory area that housed approximately 80 inmates. The inmate, 30, who stabbed him was subdued and transferred to another prison. The inmate was serving a life sentence for the murder of a man in Cordele in October of 2008. He was charged with Officer Stell's murder.

Correctional Officer Stell had served with the Georgia Department of Corrections for 11 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Stell gave the Georgia Department of Corrections 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Stell.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
Platform Identity gdcorr.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 11, 2012
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Age 46
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Stabbed
Weapon Edged weapon; Knife

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Larry is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2012, 66 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 109th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Larry was 46. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Larry had served 11 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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; knife, in 0.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Georgia Department of Corrections has 38 officers remembered here, Larry among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Larry L. Stell

Georgia Department of Corrections · End of Watch October 11, 2012

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 50-E

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