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On a Sunday morning in Salem, Indiana, former Washington County Sheriff Clyde E. Nichols Jr., a 47-year-old male, was leaving the Salem United Methodist Church with his wife and their two teenage daughters. The date was April 1, 1984. As the family approached their car parked on East Market Street, a man stepped forward and fired an automatic revolver, striking Nichols once in the abdomen and twice in the neck. The serene morning shattered into a scene of violence and tragedy. Nichols was rushed ...Read More
Victim Details

Clyde E. Nichols, Jr.

Male

White / Caucasian

Salem

IN

1984-04-01

47

Clyde

Nichols

01/21/2026