On this
date, January 20, 2012, Corporal Barbara Ann Dukes Ester of the Arkansas
Department of Correction was killed in the line of duty. Let us honor this
fallen cop and thank God that some justice was served, as the Prison killer had been sentenced to death.
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Corporal Barbara Ann Dukes Ester
Arkansas Department of Correction, Arkansas
End of Watch Friday, January 20, 2012
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Corporal Barbara Ann Dukes Ester
Arkansas Department of Correction, Arkansas
End of Watch: Friday, January 20, 2012
Bio
Age: 47
Tour: 12 years
Badge: Not available
Incident Details
Cause: Stabbed
Weapon: Edged weapon; Shank
Offender: Sentenced to death
Corporal Barbara Dukes Ester was stabbed
to death by an inmate at the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys, Arkansas.
She had observed an inmate in possession of contraband pair of sneakers and entered the open barracks to confiscate them. As she approached the inmate he suddenly stabbed her twice in the stomach with a shank.
Corporal Dukes Ester was flown to a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where she succumbed to her wounds.
The 32-year-old inmate, who was serving a life sentence for murder, was immediately taken into custody and transferred to the maximum security wing of the prison. On November 7th, 2014, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
Corporal Dukes Ester had served with the Arkansas Department of Correction for 12 years. She is survived by her husband, who also serves as an officer at the same facility, and one child.
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