e Clar Killer It was an ordinary March night in 1981 when Washington County, Ohio, lost one of its finest. Lieutenant Ray Richard “Joe” Clark was standing in the kitchen of his Marietta home, probably thinking about the Ohio State Buckeyes as they played Michigan State—when a bullet shattered his kitchen window. Lt. Joe Clark Killer Joe was dead before he hit the floor. He wasn’t just any lawman. Joe Clark was a respected veteran, a stand-up cop known for doing the hard right