Sergeant Elias Sanchez Enriquez, California State Police, California

Sergeant Elias Sanchez Enriquez

California State Police, California

End of Watch Wednesday, January 23, 1974

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Elias Sanchez Enriquez

Sergeant Elias Enriquez drowned after falling into the California Aqueduct near Taft while on patrol.

He was walking along the canal wall, removing illegal fishing line, when he slipped and fell in approximately five miles southwest of the Buena Vista Golf Course. His body was recovered the following day.

Sergeant Enriquez was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.

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Age 32
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Incident Details

Cause Drowned

fisheries enforcement, foot patrol

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It was such a great honor to call you my father. You never wavered in your convictions, and you never faltered in your commitments. You sacrificed for your family, your friends, your community, and your nation, and you payed the ultimate price for what you believed in. I wish our years together would have been extended, but God in His wisdom knew your legacy would live on -- it would survive, and it would thrive. I miss you dad.

Ralph Enriquez
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April 2, 2025