DARLA KAY LATHREM

Officer Rank: Correctional Officer
Memorial Panel: 58-E: 23
Department: Florida Department of Corrections
End of Watch: June 11, 2003
Cause: BEAT
Age: 38
Years of Service: 1
Description: Officer Lathrem was killed when a group of inmates from the Charlotte Correctional Facility tried to escape. Officer Lathrem was supervising a group of inmates when the escape attempt occurred. Officer Lathrem was beaten with a sledge hammer as the prisoners carried out their escape plan. The inmates were later apprehended by prison guards. Officer Lathrem was pronounced dead at the scene.
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