End of Watch:
June 1, 1955
Age: 58
Utah Department of Corrections
Homicide: Edged Weapon
Officer Edwin J. Fisher was stabbed to death at Utah State Prison.
Officer Fisher was a three-year veteran of the Utah correctional system. He was alone with an inmate in the prison boiler room when he discovered the inmate was carrying a knife stolen from the prison’s butcher shop. A struggle ensued during which Officer Fisher was stabbed in the chest, back and arm. Officer Fisher died before medical aid could reach him. The inmate confessed to officers a short time later. He was sentenced to life in prison and died in 2013 while incarcerated in a federal facility in California. A widower, Officer Fisher is buried in Frankfort, Kentucky.
The bronze memorial name plaque of Officer Edwin J. Fisher is sponsored by the Utah Department of Corrections.