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Samuel Garcia Infante Jr.

Case from Dallas, TX dated Feb 15, 1971

Victim Details

Samuel Garcia Infante, Jr.

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Dallas

TX

1971-02-15

33

Samuel

Garcia Infante Jr.

07/08/2026

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On February 15, 1971, Samuel Garcia Infante Jr., a 32-year-old Hispanic male and Deputy Sheriff with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department, was tragically killed in what became known as the Trinity River Massacre. Infante, along with Deputy William Reese and Deputy Arthur Robertson of the Ellis County Sheriff's Department, was abducted by two men while conducting a burglary investigation. The suspects, Rene Adolpho Guzman and Leonardo Ramos Lopez, took the five deputies hostage and drove them t ...
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