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rae Co FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date August 12, 1964 Dr. WILLIAM PRESTON FEATHERSTON, Pathologist, advised following his autopsies of the bodies removed from the earthen dam near Philadelphia, Mississippi, on August 4, 1964, that in his professional opinion death to each of the bodies was due to gunshot wound. In the case of Bodies #1 and #2, gunshot wounds to the chest were the causes of death. In the case of Body #3, which suffered three gunshot wounds, it was Dr, FEATHERSTON's professional opinion that death was due to the gunshot wound to the head of this body. Dr. FEATHERSTON could not establish the sequence of the three gunshot wounds of Body #3 and,in addition, could not establish the positions of any of the three bodies at the time of the gunshot wounds. Dr. FEATHERSTON stated that these determinations were precluded by the condition of the bodies. 7¢, b2D Mr. FEATHERSTON stated that under Mississippi law” ’ he is required and—permitted to file only two officfal copies of these autopsy reports. One copy is to go to the court of jurisdiction and the second copy to the County Attorney of jurisdiction. He stated, however, that he knew of no rule or regulation which would preclude his providing the FBI with an unsigned copy of his autopsy report recognizing that should an official copy be necessary in subsequent court action, the on 8/5/64, Jackson, Mississippi Fite # ___o8 44-1 SA _ pe. = by SA mjh Date dictatea —_°/ 22/64 Thies document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. .