Diana Crockett Conner

How they died

Deadly force

Sixty-one-year-old Diana Crockett Conner, who had lost her husband a year before and her mother three years earlier, called 911 to report prowlers on her property. On the phone with a dispatcher, she said she didn't believe the men who showed up at her house were Putnam County Sheriff's deputies. Neighbors told the Florida Times-Union that Conner was paranoid lately saying odd things and complaining that her phone was bugged. In the early morning hours, police say she barged outside firing a rifle at deputies. Deputy Thomas Burger shot her four times with his pistol, killing her.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Diana Crockett Conner, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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