Hampton, Tom
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- —
- Record count
- 2
- Sources
- life_events
- Places seen
- Dexter, Missouri; Malden, Missouri (Dunklin County)
- First event date
- 1977-08-10
- Last event date
- 1977-08-11
Timeline — 2 events
- 1977-08-10 Dexter patrolman; held hostage with Lt. Steve Fish; Cooper ordered Hampton to surrender or he would 'blow this guy (Fish) away'; the pair tried unsuccessfully to get Cooper to release Andrews and his two children
- 1977-08-11 Dexter policeman; the revolver Cooper used had been taken from him some 14 hours earlier at the start of the two-county spree; also held hostage.
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