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This part of the FBI Animal Mutilation file covers 1979 to 1980 and includes FBI memoranda, letters to Senator Harrison Schmitt and Senate staff, and press clippings. At the Justice Department's request, the Albuquerque office investigated fifteen animal mutilations on Indian lands in New Mexico, but it did not identify anyone responsible. Kenneth Rommel, a former agent who directed the District Attorney's project, sent flakes from a pickup truck in Taos to the FBI Laboratory, which identified them as white exterior house paint.
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Honorable Harrison Schmitt United States Senate Washington, D. C. 20510 ## June 19, 1979 Dear Senator Schmitt: 1 - Mr. Moore 1 - Mr. Ingram 1 - Mr. Gow 1-J.E.Smith 1 - Mr. Mintz Attn: E. P. Mosche 1 - Mr. R. E. Long Attn: L. C. Groove: Reference is made to your letter received June 11, 1979, a copy of which is attached for your ready reference. Please be advised that the Department of Justice on March 2, 1979, requested the FBI to conduct an investigation in New Mexico of fifteen animalutilations and any others that occur in Indian country as a Federal violation. Since March, 1979, our Albuquerque Office has conducted an inquiry concerning the aforementioned mutilations and are in contact with other law enforcement agencies investigating animal mutilations. There have been no new cattle mutilations reported to us in Indian country, and our investigation with respect to the identities of the individuals responsible for the fifteen cattle mutilations has been negative to date. JUN 19 1979 Your interest in obtaining additional funds for the FBI's involvement is appreciated. However, at this time sufficient funds are available within our General Government Primes Program to support our investigation in this matter. If the PH can be of further assistance to you or our constituents, please contact us. REC-8 198-1048-9 Sincerely yours. Sincerely yours, # William I + Webb . Assoc. Dir. ___ Dup. AD Adm. ___ Dup. AD Inv. ___ Ast. Dir. ___ William H. Webster Director 5 JUN 22 1979 Enclosure 1 SAC, Albuquerque (For Information) (Enclosure) Plum. & Insp. Rec. Mgrt. JEB:par (10) Public Afts. OH. SEE NOTE PAGE 2 640000000000 Telephone Director 617 JUL 12 1879
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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 33 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.