Probation Supervisor Bjorn Thomas Svenson, aged 33, tragically lost his life on August 31, 1982, in Scott Lake, Florida. Svenson was ambushed and fatally shot by Harry Franklin Phillips, a parolee who had previously been under his supervision. Phillips, who had served six years of a life sentence and had been returned to prison once by Svenson, harbored a deep resentment towards him. On the fateful evening, Svenson was leaving work late and unarmed when Phillips ambushed him in the parking lot o
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