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Joseph Cushman

Case from Chester, IL dated Oct 24, 1982

Victim Details

Joseph Cushman

Male

Chester

IL

1982-10-24

52

Joseph

Cushman

06/26/2026

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Joseph J. Cushman, a 52-year-old male corrections employee, tragically lost his life on October 24, 1982, in a violent incident at the Menard Correctional Center in Illinois. Cushman, who had served with the Illinois Department of Corrections for 19 years, was working as an agricultural lead worker at the time of his death. He was bludgeoned to death by an inmate, Bruce Davis, who was attempting to escape from the facility. Davis, who had been serving a 25 to 45-year sentence for a prior murder ...
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