U.S. Border Patrol - Theodore L. Newton, Jr. and George F. Azrak

U.S. Border Patrol - Theodore L. Newton, Jr. and George F. Azrak. . , Theodore L. Newton, Jr. , July 30, 1941 – June 17, 1967, George F. Azrak , June 30, 1945 – June 17, 1967 , , During the early morning hours of June 17, 1967, U.S. Border Patrol Inspectors Theodore L. Newton and George F. Azrak were kidnapped while working a routine traffic check operation in this vicinity. On June 19, 1967, following an intensive 48-hour search, both Inspectors were found murdered in an abandoned cabin located in the Anza area off highway 371., In reconstructing the crimes, it was determined that the Inspectors intercepted a vehicle in which over 800 pounds of marijuana was being transported. While checking this vehicle, the officers were overpowered by four convicted felons, two of whom had been following the load of marijuana in a second vehicle. The officers were forced into their service sedan and taken to the cabin where they were incapacitated, and subsequently shot and killed. , Theodore Newton, age 26, was married and the father of two and had served on year in the Border Patrol. George Azrak, 21, was a trainee with less than two months experience. All four of the suspects were eventually found, and the two convicted of murder were sentenced to life in prison.