Charles Eugene Charley Campbell was 35 and a Florida Highway Patrol trooper when he was abducted during a traffic stop in Perry, Florida on November 16, 1974. The abductor was later identified as Paul John Knowles, who used Campbell’s patrol car and siren to stop another motorist and then took that motorist’s vehicle.

Trooper Campbell’s body was later found in Pulaski County, Georgia. He had been tied up and shot to death and was discovered alongside another kidnapped victim. Knowles was tracked down and confronted by law enforcement; during his arrest attempt he tried to gain control of an officer’s weapon and was shot and killed by a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent. Campbell had served with the Florida Highway Patrol for nine years and was survived by his wife and son.

Does anyone have memories of Trooper Campbell’s service in Perry or information about the events on November 16, 1974?