Trooper Oren Stuart Hindman

Oren Stuart Hindman

Trooper Oren Hindman was stabbed to death by a suspect he had placed in his patrol car on Interstate 90, about a half mile from the Jackson Boulevard interchange in Spearfish.

Trooper Hindman had arrested a woman for DUI near Spearfish and provided her boyfriend a ride around 11:30 p.m. During the trip, the woman's boyfriend stabbed Trooper Hindman in the throat from the backseat of the patrol car. Both subjects then fled on foot. Trooper Hindman drove himself to the hospital but died before surgeons arrived.

The subject who stabbed him pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. He died in prison.

Trooper Hindman was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the South Dakota Highway Patrol for 6-1/2 years. He was survived by his wife and daughter.