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Douglas Eugene Cantrill, a 23-year-old patrolman with the Davis Police Department, tragically lost his life on September 7, 1959. Cantrill had only been with the Davis Police Department for a week, having previously served with the Grass Valley Police Department for two years. On the night of his death, he was on patrol when he stopped a man and woman who were acting suspiciously in a residential area. This encounter proved fatal as Cantrill was found in his patrol car on H Street, next to the r ...Read More
Victim Details

Douglas Eugene Cantrill

Male

Davis

CA

1959-09-07

23

Douglas

Cantrill

12/10/2025