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Jerry Vernon Beach

Death by Force
Case Description
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Jerry Vernon Beach, a 57-year-old Korean War veteran and Sheriff of Martin County, North Carolina, was tragically shot and killed on October 12, 1992, in Oak City, NC. Sheriff Beach responded to an officer needs assistance call at a bank where the Oak City Police Chief had interrupted a robbery in progress before the bank opened. The suspect had taken the bank's maintenance crew, an elderly couple, hostage.

Sheriff Beach, who was a hostage negotiator, managed to calm the suspect down and ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Jerry Vernon Beach

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Oak-city

    NC

    1992-10-12

    57

    Jerry

    Vernon Beach

    11/09/2025

    Forum Posts (3)
    I’ve been thinking a lot about the hostage situation that took the life of Sheriff Jerry Vernon Be... ...Read More
    01/25/2025
    I've been thinking a lot about Sheriff Beach's selfless act of offering himself as a hostage. It's d... ...Read More
    06/07/2024
    I recently stumbled upon the case of Sheriff Jerry Vernon Beach, and it really got me thinking about... ...Read More
    04/01/2024
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