Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, California
End of Watch: Saturday, April 5, 1986
Age: 39
Tour of Duty: 17 years
Badge Number: 2362
Cause of Death: Fall
Date of Incident: February 4, 1986
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Sheriff Raul Adauto died following surgery to a knee injury sustained on February 4th, 1986, at the Norwalk Station.
He was walking into the rear entrance of the station when he slipped on the outside stairs. The stairs were wet due to an overflow of the sprinkler system outside of the station. Both of his knees were injured in the fall and he subsequently underwent surgery on March 13th, 1986, as a result. He lapsed into a coma during the surgery and passed away on April 5th, 1986.
Deputy Adauto had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 17 years. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.