Mari Anne Johnson
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Corrections Officer IV

Mari Anne Johnson

Felonious
End of Watch July 16, 2016
Age 55
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Corrections Officer Mari Johnson was murdered by a male inmate inside of the Robertson Unit in Abilene, Texas.

Other officers found her unresponsive near the prison's kitchen at approximately 3:00 am. The officers provided medical aid until she was transported to Hendricks Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. The inmate who murdered her was convicted and sentenced to death.

Officer Johnson had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for seven years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corrections Officer IV Johnson gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer IV Johnson.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Huntsville, Walker County, TX
Platform Identity tdcjcidcorr.walker.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 16, 2016
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 55
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Assault
Weapon Person

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Mari 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 2016, 82 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 79th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Mari was 55. 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. Mari had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where she stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

By month
By day of the week
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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 person, in 2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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Her people

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division has at least 120 officers remembered here, Mari among them.

Across the years
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Where

Corrections Officer IV Mari Anne Johnson

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division · End of Watch July 16, 2016

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 23-W

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