Philip S. Kesner

Death by Force

On the evening of November 7, 1979, Philip S. Kesner, a 23-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically killed in Moundsville, West Virginia. An off-duty West Virginia State Trooper, he was driving with his wife near the formidable stone walls of the West Virginia State Penitentiary when a chaotic scene unfolded. Fifteen inmates, in a desperate bid for freedom, were escaping from the prison, and Kesner, acting on instinct, attempted to intervene.

The fleeing convicts swarmed the vehicle, pulli ...Read More

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