ESPD Honors Officers Milton Curtis and Richard Phillips 
ESPD honors Officers Milton Curtis and Richard Phillips who were both killed in the line of duty on this date 57 years ago.
On July 22, 1957, Officer Milton G. Curtis, a 25-year-old with two months of service, and Officer Richard A. Phillips, 28, with two years of service, had stopped a man for running a red light. While writing the ticket, unaware that the driver had just kidnapped and raped the owner of the car prior to stealing it, both officers were shot to death by the assailant.
The case remained unsolved until January 2003 when a suspect was identified and arrested. Click on the links for more details.
http://camemorial.org/1951-1960/pillips.php
http://camemorial.org/1951-1960/curtis.php
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