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In the late hours of a November evening in 1996, a domestic dispute in Cassville, Missouri, set in motion a chain of events that would end in tragedy. Responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle, 29-year-old Barry County Sheriff's Deputy Christopher Lee Castetter, a male, arrived at the scene, unaware of the violence that awaited him. As he pulled up, the occupant of the vehicle, Cecil Clayton, opened fire, striking the deputy in the head. Deputy Castetter was rushed to a medical center in S ...Read More

Victim Details

Field Christopher Lee Castetter

Male

White / Caucasian

Cassville

MO

1996-11-27

29

Christopher

Castetter

04/27/2026