Claude Rooster Flinchum was 46 and serving his first year as a Wolfe County deputy when he was killed in the line of duty on Sunday, March 4, 1979. A Korean War veteran and Purple Heart recipient, he left behind a wife and four children. Responding to a disturbance call, he was fatally wounded by shotgun fire while waiting for backup.

The Kentucky State Police led the investigation and arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with the shooting. The death ended the life of a public servant whose career and family were cut short by violence.

If anyone knew Deputy Flinchum, his family, or the circumstances of that March 1979 call, please share what you remember.