Travis O. Biddle

On the morning of February 6, 1986, Rankin County Deputy Sheriff Travis O. Biddle, a 56-year-old Caucasian male, began what was supposed to be a routine transport of three inmates from the county jail in Brandon, Mississippi, to the state penitentiary at Parchman. The three prisoners, identified as Marvin Edward Hoover, Stephen Allen Sutherland, and Marty Hitt, were secured with handcuffs and restraints. However, the journey took a tragic turn on a stretch of Mississippi Highway 8 near Minter Ci ...