Roy Hugo Dirks

1975

Life Keepsakes Service Also Served Memorials In Our Keeping

Roy Hugo Dirks.

How He Died

Manner Homicide

Cause Gunshot wound

Mechanism Firearm

What Happened

Deputy Sheriff Roy Dirks was shot and killed by a copycat killer mimicking the famous serial killer Charles Manson. Deputy Dirks was investigating a drowning incident when he was killed on a dead-end logging road in the Blue River Reservoir area 30 miles west of Eugene. The suspect was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The leader of the copycat cult was charged with murder in this case but was acquitted. He was found guilty of hindering the prosecution. Deputy Dirks was a United States Army Korean War veteran and had served 10 years with the Lane County Sheriff's Office.

Survivors

He was survived by his four children, father, brother, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews.

Keepsakes

Service Record

Also Served

Lane County Sheriff's Department

Deputy Sheriff

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Memorials

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Panel 28W · Line 14 cut as ROY HUGO DIRKS

In Our Keeping

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