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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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## Mr. Burkett Van Kirk mutilations, primarily cattle, which was attended by law enforcement agencies from several states, news media representatives and the general public. At the conclusion of this conference it was decided that one agency would be designated as the coordinating investigative agency for all jurisdictions involved. Subsequently, the District Attorney's Office for the Greater Santa Fe, New Mexico, Area received approximately $50,000 in LEAA funds to act as the coordinating agency of livestock mutilation investigations. If we can be of further assistance in this matter, please let me know. Sincerely yours, L. Clyde Groover, Jr. Deputy Assistant Director Administrative Services Division APPROVED: Adm. Serv. Legal Coun. Crim. Inv. Plan & Inse Director ___ Hect. Rac. Mont. ___ Assoc.: Dir. Idant. Tech. Servs. Dep. AC Adm. intal. Training Dep. AD Inv. ___ Laboratory ___ Public Affs. Off. ___
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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.