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Mississippi Burning MIBURN Case — Part 6

104 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Aug 5, 1964 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Mississippi Burning MIBURN Case · 104 pages OCR'd
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io wt Man * FD-302 (Rev. 10-11-83} FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date __ July 6, 1964 teed During the examination of the victims’ station wagon on July 4, 1964, two badly damaged instruments were remove from the dash of this vehicle. These instruments were determined to be the fuel gagses and engine temperature gauge. Preliminary readings for these gauges, based on heat discoloration of the damaged faces, indicate that the fuel gauge registered 3/4 full and the temperature gauge registered in the normal operation range at the time of the fire, Tite vehicle's fuel tank was opened and the interior inspected. All of the fuel was consumed by fire, leaving extensive sooting. No accurate determination of the amount of fuel remaining in the tank at the time of tha Fives eri tlA he mada: however thers dae anme sissectian BOS LADS COULG OO Mace, MOWeVeL, BLS 26 SOM SURE SL LOT, based on a soot line at one end of the tank, that the tank was approximately 1/2 full. on 7/4/64 _,_ Philadelphia, Miss. NO 44-2227 ile # eh co h 715/64 ‘9 by 5A J4- COCHRAN, JR /esp (mjh) Date dictated [sl This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. & ie the property of the FBI ¢ and is loangd to your ageney; ii and ite contents are hoi to be diswibiied ciiside your agency. came anna vane ae ; ara
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