Headstone of Clemmie Curtis
U.S. Army · United States United States

Clemmie Curtis

1976

Clemmie E. Curtis served the U.S. Army for 3 years. Clemmie also served in the U.S. Army.

How He Died
Manner Homicide
Cause Gunshot wound
Mechanism Firearm
What Happened
Patrolman Clemmie Curtis was shot and killed in the 1700 block of Ritter Boulevard after being placed in his own handcuffs. His body was found near his patrol car in the isolated area known as a lover's lane. In January of 1985, one of America's worst serial killers on death row in Texas confessed that he and his partner-in-crime, a man on death row in Florida, had killed Patrolman Curtis. The inmate died in a Texas prison in March of 2001. The inmate in Florida was the prime suspect in the death of Adam Walsh, the son of John Walsh who later created the television show America's Most Wanted. Authorities were still investigating the murder when the suspect died of cirrhosis of the liver while still incarcerated in September 1996. Patrolman Curtis was a United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Huntington Police Department for nine years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
Photograph of Clemmie Curtis
Photograph of Clemmie Curtis
Service Record
U.S. Army
1968 – 1970
U.S. Army
Also Served
Huntington Police Department
Patrolman
In Our Keeping
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