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AIC Memorandum from W. F. Cronin to Mr. Kelleher Re: WAYNE BERTRAM WILLIAMS MAJOR CASE NUMBER 30 KIDNAPING OO: ATLANTA Bufile 7~18251 on the actual Laboratory examinations. After the Laborator examinations have been completed | and results reported, SA will become involved in preparations for the trial. Recently, the trial date was indefinitely postponed; however, the District Attorney's Office anticipates a new trial dated in early November. SA Le rose is also working with representatives from the West Poin epperell Company, General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company concerning carpet from WILLIAMS’ bedroom and two automobiles that WILLIAMS had access to. It appears that the green carpet present throughout WILLIAMS' home was manufactured by the West Point Pepperell Company and the Laborat is attempting to determine the amount of similar carpet that was manufactured and sold in the Atlanta area. The Laboratory is also attempting to determine the approximate number of cars in the Atlanta area that contain carpet like that in two of WILLIAMS' automobiles. In addition to fibers like those in WILLIAMS' bedroom carpet, carpet fibers like those in the composition of the interior carpet and/or the trunk carpet from two of WILLIAMS’ automobiles have also been recovered from a number of victims. ory ory A preliminary Laboratory report dealing with SA findings thus far in the Payne and Cater cases has been furnished to the District Attorney's Office and subsequently to WILLIAMS’ attorneys. A copy of this report is attached. It is pointed out that the fibrous evidence associating WILLIAMS and the two victims (and associating the victims with each other) is significant, considering that Payne was wearing only a pair of shorts and Cater was naked when both bodies were recovered from the same general location of the Chattahoocee River. Some color differences were noted between nylon and acetate fibers removed from Cater and Payne and similar fibers from WILLIAMS' bedspread and carpet. These color differences have not been seen in -4- con @ a