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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) ran ° (Mount Clipping in Space Below) [)ft ts Wat: of.-Hughes, wiio gisappeared during a rain-| I) ‘torm at Hespe . Hot) | prings four months ago. '|% Peters said there were no outward signs of foul play. persons waiting to “ However, he said, the : Pa) na tiy. head had been battered, oan SSUES ioe ea apparently when the body ||« Manson would’ go to by" al was washed down the|iHeath Row after formal ‘did “Hughes, the missing defense|(rocky creek bed. : j ; attorney in the Tate-La Bianca mur-|!; Peters said the body was der trial which concluded Monday.||nude except for the fringe }} ' ‘I'm firmly of the opinion it was||of a shirt that was found itrici i ; Hughes," said fellow defense attor-|) round the neck. Contrary |, i ney Paul Fitzgerald after he hadj,to reports of fishermen viewed the body in the Ventura| who found the body, he County morgue, ‘said, an arm was. not miss- "Hughes had a strange shaped|jing. The fishermen ‘may \have been misled by, the ‘body's lying slightly on one side, he added. co-defendants’ br 'a record 99-the nui 1 dy; found ina Ventura County g {-last: weekend was identified by atfriend Tuesday. as that of Ron- (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) I=3 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, Calif. Touten—would go to the Ponte onsite i} {head, sort of a majestic configura- ; tion,” Fitzgerald said, "and the head is the same. Some of his beard is stil! [ there." “ Fitzgerald gave the cor- The Ventura County coroner's of-\'éner's office samples of fice, however, withheld making an|'Hughes' fingerprints.- Pe- official identification until after fin-| ters ‘said the body's fin- gerprints, dental charts and X rays|,gers had to be treated bes are studied. An autopsy was planned { Test could be made. i to determine the cause of death. " Dep, Coroner Merle Peters said. the cold .widler of Sespe Cr aek had {"done a remarkable job. of preserv- Date: 3/ 31/71 Edition: Wednesday Final Author: Editor: > Title: Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Los Angeles ma te > (_] Being Investigated 62-L6/7-1 9ee= a\? 3 ihaic ss 4 197] ) ; FCtL— LOS ANGELES Hhedcaror A toh