Jeffery Mark Gathings, a 23-year-old Deputy Sheriff, was tragically killed on June 19, 1988, in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. He was working as a dispatcher at the Sheriff's Department when a man entered the jail, shot him, and freed two prisoners. This incident occurred during an escape attempt at the Sheriff's Department.
The assailant, Frank Bancroft, was later indicted for the first-degree murder of Deputy Sheriff Jeffery Mark Gathings. Bancroft was also charged with assisting escap
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