Billy M. Langham

On the afternoon of December 31, 1981, Mississippi Highway Safety Patrolman Billy M. Langham, a 37-year-old male, was on duty when he was killed on U.S. Highway 49 within the city limits of Collins in Covington County. He had stopped a vehicle that was speeding. The car was occupied by four men. During the stop, Trooper Langham noticed a butcher knife on the front seat of the car.

After removing one of the occupants from the vehicle to conduct a search, he also took the knife and placed i ...