Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo

Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo | Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo | Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee
Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo | Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee
Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo | Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee
Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo

Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee

End of Watch Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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Dustin Pedigo

Correctional Officer Justin Pedigo was stabbed and killed by an inmate at the Morgan County Correctional Complex at 541 Wayne Cotton Morgan Drive in Wartburg.

The suspect was serving a sentence for aggravated assault and attempted voluntary manslaughter. He has been moved to another facility.

Officer Pedigo had served with the Tennessee Department of Correction for 10 months. Survivors include his wife, parents, brother, and sister.

Bio

  • Age 35
  • Tour 10 months
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause Stabbed
  • Incident Date Tuesday, February 24, 2026
  • Weapon Edged weapon
  • Offender In custody

correctional Facility, prisoner custody

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On behalf of Point 27, we would like to offer condolences for Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo. Please know we are eternally grateful for Dustin’s service and his ultimate sacrifice.

To honor Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo, Point 27 sent Thin Gray Line Dog Tag Necklaces, engraved with “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you: he will never leave you nor forsake you” Deuteronomy 31:6, to the Tennessee Department of Correction in Nashville, Tennessee for Dustin’s partner and fellow officers. Point 27 also sent Folded Flag Necklaces engraved with “Greater Love has no one than this; than to lay down one’s life for one’s friend” John 15:13 for Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo’s family.

Point 27 is a Non-Profit organization with a mission to strengthen and encourage members of the Armed Forces, First Responders, and their families, with God’s Word inscribed on Shields of Strength jewelry.

We will never forget and we are forever grateful for Dustin.

Respectfully,

Colonel David Dodd,
United States Army Retired
Executive Director-Point 27

Linda Rhodes
Surviving Wife of Detective Jerry M. Rhodes, Dallas Police Department Retired
Point 27 National Outreach Coordinator
Law Enforcement Liaison
[email protected]
972-978-5325

Linda Rhodes

March 13, 2026

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