Correctional Officer murdered by inmate
Correctional Officer murdered by inmate
A correctional officer was murdered Wednesday, June 25, 2008, in the line of duty at Tomoka Correctional Institution in Daytona Beach, Florida.
"Words cannot express the sorrow I feel over the loss of our correctional officer," said Department of Corrections’ Secretary Walter McNeil. "The entire Department grieves the murder of one of our finest officers, and we pray for the victim’s family during this difficult time."
The victim, Donna Fitzgerald, of Port Orange, had been employed with the Department since April 1995. She was 51 years old.
The suspect, 39-year-old inmate Enoch D. Hall, is serving a life sentence for sexual battery and kidnapping.
Hall was sent to state prison for raping and beating multiple victims, including abducting a 66-year-old woman from a Pensacola apartment complex. The beating he inflicted on her left her with lasting medical conditions. Before that, Hall was sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping a 23-year-old woman and taking her across state lines.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are assisting in the investigation say officials. Tomoka Correctional Institution in Daytona Beach.
