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Atlanta Child Murders — Part 14

127 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: May 27, 1958 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Atlanta Child Murders · 116 pages OCR'd
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Exec AD Inv, Euec AD Adm. __ Exec AD LES __ Memorandum . { Asst. Dit.: Adm. Sive. Crim. lav. Ident. Intell. Loberatery _ Legal Coon. _. To : Mr. MonroeAg x Date 5/8/81 Plax, & Insp. Rec. Mga. Tech. Servs. —_ 1 - Mr. Mullen Training From : W, R. Gilbert & 4 1 - Mr. Steel Public Af. OH. — Telephone Ra. ly ™ i ~ Mr. Bayse Director's Sec'y _ ie 1 - Mr. Kelleher Subject: ATKID 1 - Mr. Stames ar CASE #30 - 1 - Mr. Monroe 00: ATLANTA 1 - Mr. Castonguay 1 - Mr. Gilbert PURPOSE: To record observations made during a visit to the Atlanta Division on 4/30 - 5/1/81 relative to captioned case. APPROVED; Aum, Serv, Lega! Coun Craw ie, Pisn. & Insp. Director _ hes. Mant, ~ Tech Servs. i ea@c. AD fim, be Tra.ning ~ & () Exec. AL inw. in 7 uxeC.ADLES TTP Cone. & ‘Salty Pabuc Alis, , DETAILS: On 4/30/81 and 5/1/81, Section Chiéf Wayne R. Gilbert held discussions with SAC John D. Glover, Atlanta Divisio relative to aspects of the ATKID investigation. In-depth’ intep- views were also conducted with the three first-line coordinators and the overall supervisor of the case. By way of background, authorities have recovered 26 bodies of murdered children and one ten-year-old child has been missing since Sep ember of =S0] } and is presumed dead. — fy AS, \ The case is organized along Major Case lines with Supervisor Charles Mathews responsible for overall supervision of the investigation. Additional duties have been assigned to an administrative coordinator, investigative coordinator, and an Agent responsible for daily liaison with the Atlanta Special Task Force. The three coordinators are mature, experienced, and enthusiastic investi- gators. They exhibited a great deal of confidence in themselves and the investigators assigned to the case. They were very candid in inter- views regarding the unusual problems that exist with the Atlanta Task Force, the details of which will be provided later in this memorandum. They expressed appreciation for the support received from Headquarters, both technical and investigative, and could think of no areas that need improvement. eee, ee a omtatadl ‘ wRG: tek 49) CONTINUED - OVER MW RAY LS 35) rained cA“ 18 an
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