A Chapel Hill police officer killed in 1969 will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Detective Theodore Roosevelt Cole Jr. was killed in his home by a man he had arrested several times previously. The killer’s trial revealed that he killed Cole as revenge for the arrests.
After his death, Cole was promoted to detective at the First Annual Orange County Peace Officers Memorial Service in May 2012.
His name will be added to the memorial in May.
