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On a summer day in June of 1982, a dedicated officer's life was tragically cut short in a secluded area of King County, Washington. Detective Sergeant Samuel A. Hicks, a 38-year-old White male, was an 18-year veteran of the King County Sheriff's Office. On June 24th, he and his partner, Detective Leo Hursh, were following a lead in a homicide investigation that led them to a rural property near Flaming Geyser State Park. They were seeking a man named Robert Wayne Hughes, who was a suspect in a r ...Read More
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Samuel Hicks
Male
White / Caucasian
King
WA
1982-06-24
38
Samuel
Hicks
11/09/2025
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I recently stumbled upon some old newspaper clippings about Detective Sergeant Samuel A. Hicks’ tr... ...Read More
03/17/2024
03/17/2024
It's been over four decades since the tragic loss of Detective Sergeant Samuel A. Hicks, yet the bra... ...Read More
07/19/2023
07/19/2023
