| Deputy Sheriff Frank Edwin Howard
Mohave County Sheriff's Office
Arizona
End of Watch: Thursday, November 8, 1973 Biographical Info
Age: 57
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: Thursday, November 8, 1973
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available Deputy Howard and Deputy Lloyd Heilman were killed in an aircraft accident while searching for escapees from the Mohave County Jail.
The two deputies were killed when their airplane crashed in the Cerbat Mountains during a multi-agency search for the five escapees. The fugitives were caught the next day.
Deputy Howard was survived by his wife, son, and daughter. Related Line of Duty Deaths | 
