Nicholas Burdett

How they died

Deadly force

In a puzzling incident, Massachusetts tourist Burdett excused himself from his girlfriend and motel room, is said to have demanded money from an off-duty sheriff's deputy at knifepoint, and was shot to death by that deputy. Despite questions about where Burdett might have gotten the knife, and the apparent lack of any robbery motive, the shooting was found justified.

Why we remember them

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

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