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NITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum EATE: 11/22/82 SUUECT: DR. SAMUEL SHEPPARD_(DECEASED); MARILYN SHEPPARD (DECEASED) MURDER; LABORATORY MATTERS TO SAC, CLEVELAND (92-718) On ll/22/82, Chief of Police (c0p) Pete Gray, I the Bay Village PD,' telephonically advised that he believed. murder weapon in the' Sheppard murder case had just been found. Chief Gray said that the current owner.of the house where Samuel and Marilyn lived had been digging a trench to lay a new water line. Approximately five inches into the ground he found a brass fire tong.. Chief Gray said the fire tongs had been buried in sandy soil and appeared to be remarkably pre- adhering to the surface of the tongs. The tongs are being taken to the Cuyahoga County coroner for comparison of the deceased Marilyn Sheppard and to see if a determination can be made by the coroner as to whether, in fact, this may be the murder weapon. Chief Gray would iike to submit the fire tongs to the FBr' Laboratory for appropriate forensic examination. significance but reminded me that all of the principals in this. case.are.now. dead. On 1l/22/82, I discussed this matter with Deputy Assistant Director wiiliam Doran, FBI Laboratory, who stated that the laboratory would conduct the required examinations. Doran will have Section Chief Bill Cronin contact us to fur- nish details of procuring and shipping the evidentiary item. 1 - SA Dunn (Media Coordinator) (Info) 1 - 80-763, (Media Control File) (3) 92-718-3227 EARCHED_ INDEXEO SERIALIZED_ _FILED_ HOV 32 1982 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan. OPTIONALFORM NO.10 (REV. I-T) GsA Fpmr (41 cFr) 101-11.6 S010-112