Today, we remember City of Cayce Police Department Corporal William John Illingworth, Sr., and South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Hardy Merl Godbold.
On this date in 1991, Corporal Bill Illingworth succumbed to injuries sustained on September 8th, 1983, when he was involved in a vehicle crash while responding to an armed robbery call.
On this date in 1992, Trooper Merle Godbold was killed when his marked Ford Mustang patrol car was pushed into a bunch of trees by a drunk driver on U.S. Highway 1 in Kershaw County.
