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PHOTOS: Murder mystery of LAPD Officer Mike Lee Edwards

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Friday, May 1, 2015
An autopsy report from the Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner's office shows LAPD officer Mike Lee Edwards was shot several times execution-style.
Family and fellow LAPD officers attend the funeral for Mike Lee Edwards, who was murdered on May 10, 1974.
Family and fellow LAPD officers attend the funeral for Mike Lee Edwards, who was murdered on May 10, 1974.
Family and fellow LAPD officers attend the funeral for Mike Lee Edwards, who was murdered on May 10, 1974.
This Los Angeles Police Bulletin from August 10, 1976, announces a new tip in Edwards' murder case - a vehicle seen leaving the crime scene immediately after gun shots were heard.
The last photo taken of the Edwards family together in 1974 -- Mike and Penny Sue with 6-year-old Tobie and their 1-year-old son.
Officer Mike Lee Edwards is seen in this official Los Angeles Police Department photo.
Alan Edwards, who graduated from the Los Angeles Police Academy with Mike Edwards (no relation), visits his friend's gravesite regularly at Forest Lawn in Cypress.
LAPD Officer Mike Lee Edwards' grave
Mike Lee Edwards (middle) is seen this 1969 Los Angeles Police Academy photo.
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PHOTOS: Murder mystery of LAPD Officer Mike Lee EdwardsAn autopsy report from the Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner's office shows LAPD officer Mike Lee Edwards was shot several times execution-style.
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Four decades ago, someone shot LAPD Officer Mike Edwards execution-style -- his bullet-riddled body was found in a burned-out building in South Los Angeles.

It's a cold case that LAPD detectives won't give up on.

Orange County Bureau Chief Eileen Frere has more on the mysterious murder in an Eyewitness News investigation -- read here.

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