Eric Jason Autobee
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Correctional Sergeant

Eric Jason Autobee

Colorado Department of Corrections — Colorado Springs, CO
Felonious
End of Watch October 18, 2002
Age 23
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 7 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Eric Autobee was beaten to death after being attacked by an inmate in the kitchen of the Limon Correctional Facility in Limon, Colorado.

The inmate struck Sergeant Autobee in the back of the head with a kitchen instrument in an unprovoked attack. Sergeant Autobee was flown to Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado where he succumbed to his injuries at 1230 hours.

The suspect was convicted of Sergeant Autobee's murder and sentenced to death.

Sergeant Autobee had been employed with the Colorado Department of Corrections for 20 months and served as the food service supervisor.

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You barely got started.
Correctional Sergeant Autobee gave the Colorado Department of Corrections 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Colorado. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Sergeant Autobee.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO
Platform Identity cdcorr.elpaso.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 18, 2002
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 7 mo
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Blunt object

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Eric is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2002, 73 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 96th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Eric was 23. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Eric had served 1.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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 blunt object, in 1.2% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Colorado Department of Corrections has 18 officers remembered here, Eric among them.

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Where

Correctional Sergeant Eric Jason Autobee

Colorado Department of Corrections · End of Watch October 18, 2002

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-E

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