On February 20, 1989, Detective Jimmy Allen Kinney, 42, of the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office was killed while conducting a traffic stop on Middle Creek Road just east of Many, Louisiana. Kinney had served 11 years with the sheriff’s office and six years with the Many Police Department and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was shot once in the chest with a shotgun before he could exit his patrol car.

The shooter, identified as Raymond Louis Bender, surrendered later that day. Bender was prosecuted for the killing; he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of probation, parole, or pardon. An appeal in the case later recounted the details of the shooting.

If anyone knew Detective Kinney, his service, or has information about that February 1989 traffic stop, please share what is known.