Alabama Department of Public Safety, Alabama
End of Watch: Saturday, May 25, 1985
Age: 42
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: May 25, 1985
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Trooper Larry Cawyer was killed while in the process of writing a traffic violation on the I-10 Bayway, in Mobile, at approximately 1:00 am.
Two approaching vehicles collided before hitting the patrol car and causing the vehicles to burst into flames. Trooper Cawyer and two civilians were killed.
Trooper Cawyer was survived by his wife, two daughters, two sons, parents, two brothers, and sister. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran.