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Wayne Boggus

Case from Scottsboro, AL dated Aug 08, 1963

Victim Details

Wayne Boggus

Male

Scottsboro

AL

1963-08-08

41

Wayne

Boggus

Yes

06/21/2026

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In the late summer of 1963, a Scottsboro Police Department patrolman by the name of Wayne Boggus, a 41-year-old male, was involved in a fatal altercation. A United States Marine Corps Reserve veteran of World War II, he had been with the department for a brief four months, having previously served three years as a correctional officer.

On that fateful Thursday, August 8th, Patrolman Boggus and a fellow officer were in the process of arresting a man for being drunk and disorderly. A search ...
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