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Randy Scott Bell

Case from Tampa, FL dated May 19, 1998

Victim Details

Randy Scott Bell

Male

Tampa

FL

1998-05-19

44

Randy

Scott Bell

07/26/2026

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Detective Randy Scott Bell, aged 44, tragically lost his life on May 19, 1998, in Tampa, Florida. Detective Bell, along with his colleague Detective Ricky Childers, was involved in transporting a suspect, Hank Earl Carr, to the police station for questioning. Carr had earlier shot his girlfriend's 3-year-old child in the face with a rifle and brought the child to a fire station. During the transport, Carr managed to free one of his hands from the handcuffs using a hidden key. As the car approach ...
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