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D.M. Baker

Case from Cody, WY dated Mar 15, 1939

Victim Details

D.M. Baker

Male

White / Caucasian

Cody

WY

1939-03-15

70

D.M.

Baker

06/24/2026

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D.M. Baker, reported in online records as a 69- or 70-year-old White male deputy sheriff from the Powell-Cody area of Park County, Wyoming, stepped into the path of a widening crisis in March 1939, when local authorities were trying to contain Earl Durand, a young hunter and woodsman whose troubles had begun with a poaching case. After Durand and companions were caught in an out-of-season elk killing near the North Fork of the Shoshone, he was taken into custody in Cody, pleaded guilty to killin ...
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  • There's More To “Wild Man” Earl Durand Than His Murderous Final ...
  • The Last Days of Earl Durand | WyoHistory.org
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    I've been thinking a lot about the role of the local community in the manhunt for Earl Durand back i... ...Read More
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    Just came across the Durand case from 1939, and something about it really struck me. I can’t stop ... ...Read More
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