Deputy Sheriff Nathaniel Conner, 36, was killed in the line of duty on January 12, 1983, in Linden, Marengo County, Alabama. A veteran officer with eleven and a half years’ service, Conner and another deputy were responding to a report of a man armed with a gun. The deputies located the suspect in a vehicle and told him to exit. As Conner reached into his patrol car to retrieve a shotgun, the suspect fired a .22 caliber pistol, delivering a fatal wound to the deputy.

The suspect was arrested, tried, and convicted for Conner’s murder and received a life sentence. That individual remained in prison until his death in 2001. Does anyone remember the case or have information about Deputy Conner’s service in the community?