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Francis Buckley

Case from Manhattan, NY dated Jan 05, 1922

Victim Details

Sgt. Francis J. M.

Male

White / Caucasian

Manhattan

NY

1922-01-05

Francis

Buckley

06/20/2026

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In the cold of a January evening in 1922, the life of New York City Police Detective Sergeant Francis J. M. Buckley was tragically cut short. A Caucasian male, Buckley was a dedicated officer working out of the 32nd Precinct in Harlem. On January 5th, he and his partner, Detective Sergeant William A. Miller, were in the process of bringing a notorious suspect named Luther Boddy into the station house on West 135th Street for questioning. Boddy, a man with a significant criminal history, had mana ...
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