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MEMORIAL
Female Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty
Corrections Officer Susan Louise
Canfield was killed in the line of duty on
September 24, 2007. Officer Canfield
worked for the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice for seven years. Two inmates were
working with more than 70 other inmates outside
and one of the inmates pulled a male corrections
officer from the horse and took his weapons.
The two inmates stole a truck and ran over
Officer Canfield. Canfield was on
horseback and trying to apprehend the two
escapees. Both inmates were captured and
are in custody.
The following information was compiled by the National Law Enforcement
Memorial Fund for
the IAWIC.
Anna Hart
A County Jail Matron for Hamilton County, Ohio,
died on 07/24/1916 after being ambushed.
Jail Matron Hart was walking through a section
of the jail she believed to be secure. An
inmate struck her in the head with an iron
bedpost in an attempt to secure her keys and
escape. Anna Hart is the first known
female law enforcement officer to be killed in
the line of duty.
Mary Davis
A Matron for the Wilmington, Delaware Police
Department for fourteen years, was beaten to
death by a female inmate who escaped on
5/11/1924.
Lucille Helm
A Matron for the Madera County, California,
Sheriffs Department for one year, died in an
accident while transporting a female mental
patient on 7/03/1959.
Phyllis M. Myers
Matron Myers, Matron for Niagara County (New
York) for twenty-seven years, was smothered to
death by two prisoners while escorting another
prisoner to the cell block on 06/15/1970.
Alice Mae Moran
Matron for Josephine County, Oregon, was
killed in an airplane crash on 11/17/1971 while
transporting witnesses for trial.
Marta Shanaman
Police Matron for the Detroit, Michigan Police
Department for fifteen years, was killed on
12/12/1971 while handling a prisoner. The
Matron was shot by a visitor assisting in an
escape of a prisoner.
Pauline Stewart
A Parole Officer in the West Virginia Division
of Parole for four years, was stabbed to death
while conducting a check on a parolee at his
home on 8/1/1977. The suspect was
convicted of first degree murder.
Donna Alice Payant
A Correctional Officer for the New York
State Department of Correctional Services, was
killed on 5/15/1981. CO Payant received a
call to report to the hospital corridor.
The next day her body was found in a plastic bag
at a landfill. A doctor who assisted in
convicting suspect Lemuel Smith of murder read
about Officer Payant's death and called prison
officials to see if Smith, who was serving two
life sentences, was a prisoner at the same
facility. Forensic evidence proved that
Smith had strangled and sexually brutalized
Officer Payant. Lemuel was sentenced to a third
life sentence.
Frieda King
A Corrections Employee for the Illinois
Department of Corrections, was stabbed by an
inmate and died on 02/08/1983.
Patricia Ross
A Corrections Employee for the Kentucky State
Penitentiary, was beaten to death with an
industrial size can opener by an inmate in the
dining room on 03/01/1984. Patricia Ross, a Food
Service Instructor, had refused the advances
made by the inmate.
Minnie R. Houston
A Correctional Officer for the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice for five years,
was supervising six inmates who were cleaning
fish in the dining hall. Officer Houston
was stabbed 15 times with a fillet knife by an
inmate who was serving time for murder and died
on 6/03/1985.
Maureen Callanan
A Correctional Officer for Nassau County, New
York, for six
years, died in an accident while transporting
prisoners on 12/12/1986.
Josephine Birdene McCallum
A Correctional Officer for the Michigan
Department of Corrections for six years, was
found raped, strangled, and beaten in a
stairwell on 3/24/1987. The attacker was later
found guilty and sentenced to prison for first
degree murder.
Beverly Jo Taylor
A Correctional Officer for the Ohio Department
of Rehabilitation and Correction for six years,
Officer Taylor was found decapitated in the
bathroom of the facility on 6/07/1990.
Judith Ann Henkel
Correctional Officer Henkel, of the California
Department of Corrections, immediately started
to run to the scene when the alarms sounded that
a prison fight among the inmates had erupted.
Oh her way she had a heart attack and died on
02/04/1995.
Ineasie Maxie
Baker
A Youth Counselor for the California Department
of Youth Authority for eleven years, was beaten
and stabbed to death 08/09/1996 by an inmate who
was attempting to escape. The inmate then
threw her body in a trash bin. Baker's
body was found two days later in a landfill
twenty miles from the facility.
Shirlene A. Jenkins
A Corrections Officer for the Ohio Department of
Rehabilitation and Correction for three years,
died of a heart attack on 02/11/1997 shortly
after assisting four other Corrections Officers
in using physical force to prevent an inmate
from harming himself.
Mylene G. Zalar
A Correctional Officer for the California
Department of Corrections for eight years, died
on 09/11/1997 en route with Officer Paul Beridon
to pick up inmates for transport.
Shannon
Cuddington Smith
A Corrections Officer for the North Carolina
Department of Corrections for four years, was
struck and killed while supervising a crew on
U.S. Interstate 70 on 11/09/1999.
Teresia Wheeler
A Correctional Officer for the Alabama
Department of Corrections for two years, died of
a heart attack on 10/01/2001 while participating
in a required physical run at the Academy.
Darla Kay Lathrem
A Correctional Officer for the Florida
Department of Corrections, for one year,
Officers Lathrem was supervising a group of
inmates who beat her to death with a sledge
hammer in an escape attempt on 06/11/2003.
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