Robert John “Rob” Hanafin II

How they died

Suicide

According to police, officers tried to stop a other driven by Saginaw corrections officer Robert John "Rob" Hanafin II around 3 a.m., after they'd received reports of a suspicious other on Norman near North Fifth. Hanafin reportedly refused to pull over and a low-speed chase ensued before Hanafin eventually stopped in the parking lot of Holy Cross Lutheran School. Police said the officers found Hanafin had shot himself in the head when they approached. He died about four hours later at a hospital.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Robert John “Rob” Hanafin II, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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