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FD-550 (Rev. 7-16-63) ™ s * = (Mount Clipping in Space Below) Angeles police refused.to, discuss clothing turned over tu the department by representa- tives of television station KABC for chemical examination of stains that appeared to be blood, Investigators for the sta- tion said the seven garments were found in Benedict Canyon near the Tate home. Included were three black T- shirts, one white T-shirt, and three pairs of blue jeans. | Miss Atkins has admitted to her attorney that four persons, Guilt in Court including herself, were involved at the Tate murder scene. She Susan Denise Atkins, 21,}said they were dressed all in the admitted “I-Was-There-Dlack. She said their blood- Girl” in the Sharon Tate- stained clothing was thrown in a L ; . canyon near “the actress’ es- eno La Bianca slayings, |tate). today pleaded innocent to sie eanwhile, in Montgomery, seven counts of murder ‘and a single count of con- ispiracy. Superior Court Judge William B. Keene ordered an “early trial date of Feb. 9 and assigned the case to the court in which he will then be sitting. Miss Atkins, although freely admitting to her lawyer she was at both murder scenes, has de- nied she wielded a death weap- on. Her counsel has repeatedly stated she hopes for leniency be- cause of her cooperation with authorities. It was she who first accused the nomadic band of hippies, of which she was a member, of perpetrating the murders of seven persons. There was, meanwhile, anoth- epdevelayment in the Tate Tate alay- “ngs. Denies (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) A-l Herald I’xam'ner Los Angeles, Calif. Date: 12 16/69 Edition: 8 Star Author: Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Log Angeles CJ Being Investigated SERIALIZED" FILED <* 12 DEC LB 1969 FBI — LO