Charles F. West was a Juvenile Officer with the Jackson County Family Court in Missouri who was killed on January 10, 1989. He had worked with troubled youth for eight years and was transporting a juvenile inmate to Children's Mercy Hospital for treatment of a jaw injury when the return trip included a stop at the juvenile’s home.

At that residence the juvenile obtained a handgun, shot Officer West in the back of the head, then hid his body in the trunk of the car and fled. Family members witnessed the shooting and alerted police; the vehicle was found abandoned with Officer West inside, and the juvenile was later taken into custody. Officer West is survived by his parents, seven brothers, and four sisters.

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