CECIL M CRAWFORD
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 32-W: 17
Department: Page County, Iowa, S.O.
End of Watch: April 26, 1943
Cause: SHOT
Age: 50
Years of Service: 6
Description: Sheriff Crawford was shot and killed as he and two other officers attempted to take custody of a man for a sanity hearing. The man led the sheriff and a deputy upstairs where he opened fire on them, killing Sheriff Crawford. In 1949 the man was found to be sane and charged with Sheriff Crawford's murder. He was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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