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Slain officer gets marker at Joplin grave after 84 years

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JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A gravestone has been provided for a Springfield police officer who was fatally shot by two suspects in January 1932.

Officer Charles Houser of the Springfield Police Department was among six law enforcement officers killed by brothers Harry and Jennings Young at their family farmhouse in rural Greene County. His body was returned to Joplin for burial at his family plot, but his grave remained unmarked for more than 80 years.

A mortuary in Jefferson City donated the headstone for Houser’s grave. It was placed at his burial site Friday.

The Young brothers reportedly died after shooting themselves in Houston.

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