Austin Dewey Gay

1918 - 1979  (61 years)

• Name	Austin Dewey Gay  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	17 Jan 1918	Union, Florida, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death Certificate No.	014381  [2]
  Residence	1930	Mikesville, Columbia, Florida, USA   [1]
  Residence	1940	Columbia, Florida, USA   [4]
  Military	6 Dec 1940	Camp Blanding, Starke, Bradford, Florida, USA   [4]
  Residence	1945	Precinct 13, Columbia, Florida, USA   [3]
  SSN issued	Bef 1951	Florida, USA   [5]
  Residence	1979	Columbia, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Social Security Number	266-42-1594  [5]
  Death	14 Apr 1979	Brooks, Georgia, USA   [2, 5, 7]
  	Inspector Austin Gay was shot and killed after being abducted from his inspection station on U.S. 441 south of the Florida - Georgia border. Seven days later, his body was located on a farm in Brooks County, Georgia, suffering from a single gunshot wound to the head. His body had been stripped of his uniform and duty weapon. The previous month another inspector at a nearby station had been abducted after discovering a load of marijuana being smuggled by a group of corrupt police officers from Chicago, Illinois. The group had handcuffed the inspector to a tree in a remote area and left him for dead, but he was found about eight hours later unharmed. The corrupt officers then hired a hitman to murder that inspector to prevent him from testifying. The hitman mistook Inspector Gay for the other inspector, abducted him, and murdered him. In 1983 the six corrupt Chicago police officers were convicted of charges in connection with Inspector Gay's murder. The alleged hitman was acquitted of the charges. Inspector Gay had served with the Florida Department of Agriculture as a road guard inspector for 14 years. FROM: Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63168637/austin-d-gay
  Person ID	I127	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Berry Chesley Gay,   b. 11 Jul 1883   d. 11 Apr 1967 (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Living
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fay Jewel Dicks,   b. 2 Feb 1922, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA d. 26 Dec 2011, Columbia, Florida, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1941	Columbia, Florida, USA   [8]
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 17 Jan 1918 - Union, Florida, USA Residence - 1930 - Mikesville, Columbia, Florida, USA SSN issued - Bef 1951 - Florida, USA Residence - 1979 - Columbia, Georgia, USA Death - 14 Apr 1979 - Brooks, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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