U.S. Air Force · United States 
Elizabeth Cobb
1987
Elizabeth S. Cobb served the U.S. Air Force.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Firearm
What Happened
Trooper Elizabeth Cobb was shot and killed by her boyfriend, who was also a state trooper. He murdered her in the parking lot of a church on Dallas County Road 6, near Route 41, while she was on duty in an attempt to collect a $350,000 life insurance policy. The man was apprehended and sentenced to death, but the conviction was overturned on appeal. He plead guilty to murder during a second trial and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was released in 2012. Trooper Cobb was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for one year.
Survivors
She is survived by her parents.
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
Also Served
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Trooper
In Our Keeping
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