Fairfax Howard Carpenter

How they died

Deadly force

Police said they saw an RV belonging to Fairfax Howard Carpenter, who was wanted for murder in Bradenton, Florida, parked outside a Franklin diner. Carpenter drove away from troopers and a short, slow-speed chase ensued to a rural area along US-220. According to police, troopers tried to get Carpenter to come out of the RV, but he refused. They surrounded the RV and fired four canisters of gas inside at about 4 a.m. A short time later, the troopers said they heard a gunshot and found that Carpenter had shot himself in the head with a sawed-off shotgun. According to reports, Carpenter had purchased a pre-need funeral from a Pendleton County funeral home three days earlier.

Why we remember them

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

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