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FBI file: Animal Mutilation, Animal Mutilation Part 04

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 27 pages · text by OCR

This FBI file section compiles New Mexico State Police reports by Officer Gabe Valdez on 1978 cattle mutilations at Manuel Gomez's ranch near Dulce, a Los Alamos laboratory letter calling tissue findings inconclusive, and a December 1978 letter from Senator Harrison Schmitt asking the Justice Department to reopen an investigation. It also includes a Justice Department request that the FBI investigate 15 mutilations on Indian lands, and a report on an April 1979 Albuquerque conference that recommended central coordination of mutilation data.

  • p. 2 …AGENCY ORINM 07 New Mexico State Police 5. ORIGINAL REPORT 6. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT 7. PAGE 2…
  • p. 3 …AGENCY ORI U7 New Mexico State Police 5. ORIGINAL REPORT 6. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT 7. PAGE 2…
  • p. 5 …Valdez --- Respectfully submitted, New Mexico State Police --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
  • p. 6 …881 Officer Gabe Valdez New Mexico State Police Post Office Box 212 Dulce, New Mexico 87528…
  • p. 9 …AGENCY ORI 07 You Verino State Police 2. CASE NUMBER 3. FILE NUMBER that whoever is…
  • p. 11 …State Police Crime Lab in Santa Fe, and the New Mexico Livestock Board. The State Police…
  • p. 13 …Officer GABE VALDEZ, New Mexico State Police, has been handling investigations of these mutilations within New…
  • p. 21 …Attorney THOMPSON that a decision would be made whether the FBI, the New Mexico State Police…
  • p. 24 …GABE VALDEZ, New Mexico State Police, Dulce, New Mexico, reported he has investigated the death of…
  • p. 27 …New Mexico, which has applied for the LEAA Grant, or the New Mexico State Police. U…
involved in this matter, it is obvious that there would be a large amount of correspondence necessary and Albuquerque would suggest a code name be established of BOVMUT.

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