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Thomas Odean Gillilan

Case from Crenshaw, AL dated Jul 01, 1970

Victim Details

Thomas Odean Gillilan

Male

Crenshaw

AL

1970-07-01

38

Thomas

Odean Gillilan

Yes

06/21/2026

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On a summer day in Crenshaw County, Alabama, Corporal Thomas Odean Gillilan, a 38-year-old male officer with the Alabama Department of Public Safety, was on duty. On Sunday, June 28, 1970, while patrolling U.S. 331 south, he conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for speeding. The stop would prove to be a fateful encounter for the 14-year veteran of the force.

During the stop, the man Corporal Gillilan had pulled over, a 22-year-old, managed to overpower the officer. In the ensuing struggl ...
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