Deputy Thomas L. Reuter, 39, was killed on the night of March 19, 1990, while finishing a patrol in rural Grant County, Wisconsin. A 13-year veteran of the Grant County Sheriff’s Department, Reuter radioed in a disabled tractor on New California Road about two miles south of Livingston at 11:24 p.m. and was later found fatally wounded in a nearby ditch after failing to respond to dispatch.

The tractor’s operator was 18-year-old Gregory Coulthard, who had been driving the tractor after drinking and was armed with a 12-gauge shotgun. When Reuter arrived with his emergency lights on, Coulthard fired and the deputy was killed. Coulthard was captured about five hours later, charged with first-degree intentional homicide, and convicted by a jury brought in from Waukesha County; he received life with parole eligibility after 25 years. Reuter was a husband and father of five.

Does anyone have memories of Deputy Reuter or information about the night of March 19, 1990?