Michael Lee Edwards
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Police Officer

Michael Lee Edwards

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Felonious
End of Watch May 11, 1974
Age 25
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Badge 15444
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Michael Edwards was shot and killed execution-style after being abducted by unknown assailants. He was last seen leaving the police academy on May 10, 1974. His handcuffed body was found the next day in an abandoned apartment building. The case was never solved and remains open with the Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Edwards had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Edwards gave the Los Angeles Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Edwards.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 11, 1974
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 25
Badge Number 15444
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Michael is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1974, 162 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 22nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Michael was 25. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Michael had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Los Angeles Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Michael among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Michael Lee Edwards

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch May 11, 1974

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 13-W

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