Thomas Riley Moon

How they died

Suicide

Moon was being sought by the FBI and local police for questioning in his girlfriend's death. He also was supposed to be taken into custody to serve a sentence for savagely beating her last year. An Alabama conservation officer spotted Moon's other, tried to stop him, and a began a pursuit in Randolph County, Ala. Police set up a roadblock, but Moon managed to get away after hitting several patrol cars and ditching his own, police said. Moon ran to the nearby home of an acquaintance and refused to come out. Negotiators tried to persuade Moon to come out, but he shot and killed himself.

Why we remember them

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

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