Officer Robert E. Yates H/O Annie Boyett - Killed in 1911 - Lost History Found
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July 10, 2004
93 Years Later, Officer's Death Surprises City
By DAVE NICHOLSON
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PLANT CITY - A South Florida man's search for his family roots uncovered a forgotten part of Plant City history: the 1911 slaying of rookie Officer Robert E. Yates.
The police department long has maintained it never had an officer die in the line of duty, but the truth was found in the yellowing pages of city records tucked in a vault at city hall.
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Despite extensive coverage of Yates' death, the story might have been lost in history had it not been for David Boyett and his search for his family roots. Boyett, while researching family members who settled in southern Hillsborough County, learned that a distant ancestor, Annie Boyett, had married Robert Yates, an officer who was killed on the job.
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