On a cold December day in 1980, Robert Van Hall, a 35-year-old male investigator with the New York State Police, was killed in the line of duty. The events leading to his death unfolded in Corning, New York, where he and his partner were conducting an operation to arrest two brothers involved in drug trafficking.
As a member of the Troop E Narco Squad, Investigator Van Hall was in an unmarked patrol car with his partner, Investigator William Gorenflo, preparing to apprehend Joseph and Lar
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