JOE PRESTON MURPHY
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 33-W: 24
Department: Frisco, Texas, P.D.
End of Watch: January 29, 1968
Cause: AUTO
Age: 32
Years of Service: 8
Description: Officer Murphy was responding to a call for assistance from Celina Police when his patrol car collided with a grain truck that was making a U-turn on State Highway 289. Officer Murphy suffered a fatal head injury and was pronounced dead at the scene. Officer Murphy was the brother of World War II hero and actor Audie Murphy.
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