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William Monroe, a 50-year-old male police officer from Salisbury, North Carolina, was shot and killed on February 13, 1909. Monroe was attempting to arrest a man for wife beating when he was fatally shot. The suspect was apprehended four months later in Sweetwater, Tennessee, but turned out to be the wrong person. Over the next six years, several suspects were detained in North Carolina and Virginia, but none were ultimately charged with Monroe's murder. The case remains unsolved, and the killer ...Read More
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William A. Monroe
Male
Salisbury
NC
1909-02-13
50
William
Monroe
11/12/2025
Forum Posts (2)
Does anyone else find it incredibly frustrating how many missteps happened in the investigation of O... ...Read More
10/15/2024
10/15/2024
I can't stop thinking about the impact this case had on Officer Monroe's sons. Losing a parent is de... ...Read More
08/23/2023
08/23/2023
