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Texas trial begins in corrections officer’s death

Faces a death sentence for an attempted escape that ended in a CO’s death

By C1 Staff

BRYAN, Texas — A convicted killer already serving life in prison now faces a death sentence for an attempted escape five years ago that resulted in a correction officer’s death.

Officer Susan Canfield was killed when inmates John Ray Falk Jr. and Jerry Martin broke away from a work crew, according to the SF Gate. They commandeered a truck and rammed it into Canfield, who was on horseback.

Martin was earlier convicted in the case and is now on death row.