Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) is honoring a conservation officer who died in the line of duty over 100 years ago.
Today marks the anniversary of the discovery of the body of Deputy Game Warden Frank S. Wilson in a wooded area near Leelanau. He was found with two bullet holes in his head.
In the 125 years since conservation officers began work in Michigan, Wilson and 11 others have died in the line of duty.
Wilson hailed from Elk Rapids and had been working the job less than a year when he was murdered. The district in which he worked covered ten northern Michigan counties.
The MDNR reports that the 53-year-old officer and father of 7 children was last was seen alive April 1, 1908, in Traverse City.
