On the morning of April 5, 1978, a routine traffic stop on Highway 30 near Cedar Hill in Jefferson County, Missouri, turned fatal for a dedicated law enforcement officer. Deputy Sheriff Terry Thomas O'Connell, a 32-year-old male with a decade of service protecting his community, was shot and killed during this encounter.
At approximately 10:55 AM, Deputy O'Connell pulled over a vehicle for a speeding violation. As he was in the process of writing the ticket, the driver, Jackie Lee Lindsey
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