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Memorandum from W. F. Cronin te Mr. Kelleher Re: WAYNE BERTRAM WILLIAMS ATKID MAJOR CASE NUMBER 30 KIDNAPING 00: ATLANTA Bufile 7-18251 Previous Laboratory results obtained by the Georgia State Crime Laboratory have shown that WILLIAMS is linked to many of the task force victims in that fibers like those in a bedspread and carpet from WILLIAMS' room and dog hairs like those from WILLIAMS’ dog were recovered from many of the victims. On July 24, 1981, microanalyst, Georgia Crime Laboratory, telephonically requested the assistance of the FBI Laboratory in the analysis and comparison of fibrous materiais in this case, The District Attorney's Office o Fulton County, Georgia, h equested the assistance of the FBI Laboratory to advise nihil: additional tests to more fully characterize and associate the various fibers in this case. The Laboratory has also been requested to explore the possibility of determining probabilities in order to emphasize the significance of the fiber associations in this case. The Microscopic Analysis Unit (MAU) of the FBI Laboratory has been involved in this case since early 1981, but has only been concerned with actual examinations the fibrous evidence to a very limited extent. SA einnn is the examiner presently assigned to the case fran e . sa MBB ex<ivea in Atlanta on August 10, 1981, and has spent much of his time since then conducting examinations of fibrous materials in this case at the Georgia State Crime Laboratory in Atlanta. One physical science technician from the MAU has also spent two weeks at the Georgia Crime Laboratory assisting SA f Seco cascd has been given complete access to all items of evidence an ibrous materials recovered from the ATKID victims as well as fibrous materials and samples originating from the subject. Fibrous materials from the subject include fiber samples from many items of his clothing, fiber samples from objects -2-