Leonard Larry Bruce Estes, a 61-year-old lieutenant with the Butte County Sheriff's Department, tragically lost his life on July 26, 2001, in Inskip, California. On that fateful day, Lieutenant Estes and Deputy William Hunter responded to a call involving a neighbor dispute over rent money and the theft of weapons. The suspect, Richard Bracklow, had been involved in a heated argument with his elderly landlord, Bob Duffey. When Estes and Hunter arrived at Bracklow's cabin, they were ambushed by B
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