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In the early, quiet hours of April 16, 1979, Edward T. Cody, a 45-year-old male and a veteran detective of the Hartford Police Department for 26 years, was working a part-time job to support his family. He was serving as a security guard for the Purolator Corporation, a role he took on as secondary employment. A dedicated officer and a family man, he was a husband and a father to five children. That morning, his path would cross with a brutal and meticulously planned ambush that would end his li ...Read More
Victim Details

Edward T. Cody

Male

Black / African American

Hartford

CT

1979-04-16

Edward

T. Cody

11/05/2025