JOHN MURPHY BENNETT

Officer Rank: Corrections Officer V
Memorial Panel: 37-E: 23
Department: Texas Department of Criminal Justice
End of Watch: July 17, 2003
Cause: AUTO
Age: 40
Years of Service: 7
Description: Officer Bennett was killed in an automobile accident as he and another officer transported a prisoner to the death row unit in Livingston, Texas. The prison van was traveling on U.S. Highway 190 when it was struck head-on by a pickup truck that had gone out of control. Officer Bennett was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries two hours later.
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