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John Stahl
2025
John C. Stahl III.
How He Died
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Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Reserve Deputy Sheriff John Stahl succumbed to injuries he received in a single vehicle crash on June 7, 2004, around 10:20 p.m.
While responding to a call regarding a suspicious vehicle, Reserve Deputy Stahl lost control of his patrol vehicle, flipping a few times before his car burst into flames on Indiana State Road 7. A passing motorist pulled Deputy Stahl from his patrol car. He was airlifted to University Hospital in Kentucky and remained in a coma for a few weeks.
Until his death on June 8, 2025, he suffered from traumatic brain injury, which resulted in a seizure disorder.
Reserve Deputy Stahl was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for 15 years.
While responding to a call regarding a suspicious vehicle, Reserve Deputy Stahl lost control of his patrol vehicle, flipping a few times before his car burst into flames on Indiana State Road 7. A passing motorist pulled Deputy Stahl from his patrol car. He was airlifted to University Hospital in Kentucky and remained in a coma for a few weeks.
Until his death on June 8, 2025, he suffered from traumatic brain injury, which resulted in a seizure disorder.
Reserve Deputy Stahl was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for 15 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and sister.
Service Record
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Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Reserve Deputy Sheriff
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