Deputy Sheriff
Timothy James Guyer
Johnson County Sheriff's Department
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Age: 49
Served: 8 months
Badge #: 41-65
Panel 31E, Line 34 (2024)
Included (2024)

Incident Details

Cause of Death
Heart attack
Date/Time of Incident
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
07:45 am
Incident to Death Duration
Same day
Incident Location
5402 South County Road 700 East, Plainfield
Incident County
Hendricks
Incident Township
Guilford
Weapon Used
None
Suspect Disposition
None
Burial Place
Greenlawn Cemetery, Franklin
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   Deputy Sheriff Timothy Guyer died while attending the 230th Basic Course at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield.

   After completing a mandatory physical training class during the 14th week of the 16-week training course with 172 other recruits, he was found unresponsive in the bunk of his dormitory room when he did not report for breakfast.

   Although life-saving measures were immediately initiated, those attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

   Deputy Guyer, from Trafalgar, was survived by his wife, Carri Rae (née Windhorst); son, Elijah James Guyer; daughters, Kalyn Kathleen Guyer, Lauren Elizabeth (Caden) Walker and Matalyn Grace Guyer; grandson, Jenson Guyer; brothers, Todd Raymond (Amy) Guyer and Steven Guyer; and paternal grandmother, Betty Guyer.

Historical Notes

• Deputy Sheriff Guyer is the seventh of seven Indiana line of duty deaths in 2023.
• He is the third line of duty death of the Johnson County Sheriff's Department.
• His line of duty death is the seventh that has originated from Johnson County.


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