DAVID THOMAS CHILDS
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Officer Rank: Patrol Officer
Memorial Panel: 24-W: 29
Department: Kentucky State Police Water Patrol
End of Watch: April 8, 1972
Cause: DROW
Age: 39
Years of Service: 5
Description: Patrol Officer Childs and Trooper James McNeely (Panel 38-E: 10) drowned when their department boat was caught in the turbulent waters of the Kentucky River and went over the dam. Officer Childs and Trooper McNeely were searching for two youths reported missing but were later found unharmed.
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