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William James Darnell, Jr.
- Nov. 04, 2020 -
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Resided: |
Lansing MI, USA
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Born: | Jul. 15, 1968 |
Fallen: | Nov. 04, 2020 |
Race/Sex: | Black Male / 52 yrs. of age |
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Dept: | DeWitt Township Police Dept. - MI
1401 W Herbison Rd DeWitt, MI
48820 USA (517)669-6578 |
County: | Clinton |
Dept. Type: | Municipal/Police |
Hero's Rank: | Sergeant |
Sworn Date: | Unk |
FBI Class: | Death - Biological |
Weapon Class: | COVID-19 |
Agency URL: | Click Here
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On The Job: |
20 years
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Bio: Bill was born to William and Linda Cross Darnell in Battle Creek. To the wonderful extended Cross family, he was known as 'Jitty Bitty', whether he liked it or not. His seven aunts and uncles were like mothers and fathers to him, and his many cousins were like brothers and sisters. He graduated from Everett High School in 1986.
Bill and Ella (nee Griffith) married on December 11, 1998. Their daughter Dominique was born in 2000 and their twin sons Craig and Duncan in 2003. Bill could not have been prouder of their grit and accomplishments. He cheered on Craig and Duncan's academic success as juniors at Grand Ledge High School and was proud of Dominique's graduation from Grand Ledge in 2020.
Family meant everything to Bill. He coached his children's soccer, flag football, and football teams and served as a coach and board member for Grand Ledge Area Youth Football. He loved to plan family vacations and was always at the center of whatever fun was going on.
After working as an officer for the Capital Region Airport, Maple Rapids, and the City of DeWitt, Bill became a full-time officer for DeWitt Township. He had served for fifteen years at the time of his death. He took pride in serving the community with outreach programs like 'Shop with a Cop.'
In 2008, Sergeant Darnell was ambushed and shot point-blank in the face during a domestic disturbance call. Despite his wounds, Sergeant Darnell was able to fight back and killed his attacker. In 2009, Bill was named a National Association of Police Organizations Top Cop and traveled to the White House with his family to receive the award. The day that he met President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, and Attorney General Eric Holder was one of the high points of his life. |
Fatal Incident Summary
Offender: |
No Info
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Location: |
MI
USA
Fri. Oct. 23, 2020
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Summary: |
Sergeant Bill Darnell died as the result of complications after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
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COVID-19, a flu-like virus, originated in Wuhan, China. Worth a mention, the Chinese Government had a biological research facility in that very province. At this point, it was widely held that COVID-19 was a bat-coronavirus and the first case was discovered in Wuhan in Oct. 2019.
On Dec. 31, 2019, Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organization of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, with an unknown cause. Jan 7, 2020 Chinese authorities identify a new type of coronavirus (called novel coronavirus or nCoV).
Despite deaths and an entire Chinese Province(Hubei) quarantined by the Chinese Government, the World Health Organization(WHO) simply declares a global public-health emergency. Despite this serious understatement, on January 31st, President Trump bans foreign nationals from entering the US if they were in China within the prior two weeks. Despite a large public outcry of racism, this move likely saved 1000's of American lives, it would later be deemed.
After a full blown global infection, and an entire country being declared on 'Lockdown'(Italy), on March 11th, WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic. This same day, President Trump bans all travel from 26 European countries. On Mar. 13th, a US national emergency is declared over the novel coronavirus outbreak.
On Mar. 23rd, New York City confirms 21,000 cases, making it the biggest epicenter of the outbreak in the US. On Mar. 31, more than 1/3 of humanity is under some form of lockdown. On Apr. 2nd, the world passes one million COVID-19 infections.
On April 7th, roughly 95% of all Americans are under lockdown, as 42 states issue stay-at-home orders. The entire American economy has ground to a halt. Congress passed laws awarding trillions in grants, loans and other types of assistance to the American working population and businesses.
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