6/09 DPS remembers fallen Trooper, Paul Marston today, who was killed in the line of duty on June 9-th, 1969. Marston was shot and killed by prison escapee Danny Lee Eckard during a gun battle on a farm in Chino Valley. Eckard was then fatally shot by Trooper Ron Mayes, who was riding with Marston. Marston was 31-years old and had served with DPS for 5-years at the time of his death
