FIELD DEPUTY CHRISTOPHER LEE CASTETTER [END OF WATCH: NOVEMBER 28, 1996]

On this date, November 28, 1996, Field Deputy Christopher Lee Castetter of the Barry County Sheriff’s Office, Missouri, was killed in the line of duty. Let us honor this fallen policeman and thank God, that justice was served, as the Cop Killer, Cecil Clayton was executed on March 17, 2015.

 

Field Deputy

Christopher Lee Castetter

EOW: November 27, 1996

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Field Deputy

Christopher Lee Castetter

Barry County Sheriff's Office, Missouri

End of Watch: Thursday, November 28, 1996

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 29

Tour: 2 years

Badge # 52

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 11/27/1996

Weapon: Handgun

Offender: Executed in 2015

Field Deputy Christopher Castetter was shot and killed after responding to a suspicious vehicle call.

The operator of the vehicle had just assaulted his girlfriend and was awaiting her return to her home. As Deputy Castetter pulled up, the subject opened the door to his patrol car and shot him in the head.

The subject was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in June 1999. He was executed by lethal injection on March 17th, 2015.

Deputy Castetter had served with the Barry County Sheriff's Office for two years. He is survived by his wife and three children.

 

Christopher Lee Castetter

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	Deputy Sheriff
	Christopher Lee Castetter
	Barry County Sheriff's Department
	End of Watch: Thursday, November 28, 1996
	Date of incident: November 27, 1996
	Age: 29
	DOB: July 17, 1967
	Badge #: 52
	Tour of Duty: 2 years
	Suspect information: Sentenced to death
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Deputy Castetter was shot and killed after responding to a suspicious vehicle call in regard to an ongoing domestic violence call. After an argument with her boyfriend in Purdy at the Country Corner convenience store during which the suspect, Cecil Clayton, argued and pushed her the female refused to leave with Clayton. An employee of the store called the police and the Purdy Police Chief made contact with Clayton at the store. After Clayton left the store, the female went to a friends residence in Monett, Missouri. The female's sister, who was aware of the earlier altercation in Purdy, noticed a truck pull into the driveway of the female's residence in Cassville, Missouri. Correctly believing it to be Clayton, the sister called the Barry County Sheriff's Department. As Deputy Castetter pulled up, the Clayton opened the door to his patrol car and shot him in the head. Deputy Castetter was taken to Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri where he died at 1:08 pm.

Cecil Clayton was sentenced to death in June 1999 for the murder of Deputy Castetter.

Deputy Castetter had served with the agency for 2 years. Deputy Castetter joined the sheriff's department in 1995 as a reserve deputy while he was working with Cassville Police Department. He became a full-time deputy sheriff in April 1996. He is survived by his wife, Christine, and three children. Interred: Pilant Cemetery, Cassville, MO.

  

Pictured is the headstone at Christopher Castetter's Pilant Cemetery gravesite. It reads, "Deputy Sheriff No. 52 was a man who loved the simple things in life ... biscuits and gravy, the countryside, Elvis and John Wayne. He wore his badge proudly as he protected and served the people. He should never be forgotten by the people whose lives he touched. May his memory always be kept alive. I'll love you forever, your wife." Kyle Troutman/editor@monett-times.com

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