Trooper
Guy David Nalley
July 28 , 1955 - October 27 , 1984
Badge #749
Joined in 1982
twelve miles northwest of Sayre, Oklahoma. A routine DL and registration check
revealed that both the truck and its trailer were reported stolen.
Trooper Nalley requested backup, with Trooper Mike McClelland responding. Trooper
McClelland reached the scene about fifteen minutes later, and found Trooper Nalley
by the side of the road, shot twice in the head. A search was quickly launched, and
the suspected assailant, later identified as William E. Best, was apprehended by
Beckham County Sheriff's deputies about ninety minutes later near Elk City.
Best was charges with murder, but committed to Eastern State Hospital in Vinita,
Oklahoma for psychiatric evaluation prior to trial. During the time he was at Vinita, a woman smuggled a handgun into the institution for Best. He subsequently took hostages inside the hospital.
Best was killed in the course of the incident by Lieutenant Bob Green.