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1~ ir. Qa ™Ib REPORT LI of the _— _aa:_ LABORATORY a — FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535 To: SAC, Atlanta (7A-1835) (SQ 7} March 25, 1981 oo FBIFILENO, 7~18251 =“) LAB. NO. 19319043 D/G LL VP Re: ATRID; MAJOR CASE 430 KIDNAPING Specimens received March 19, 1981 Q27 Envelope postmarked “ATLANTA, GA 303 PM 8 MAR 1981" bearing the hand printed address 4 | 7 Q28 Accompanying one-page hand printed letter beginning "Nello its me. Haven't you. . .« Result of exanination: It could not be determined whether the writer of tha Zodiac letters in the case "ZODIAC; EXTORTION” prepared the questioned writing on specimens Q27 and Q28, because of distortion and unexplained variations . y While a definite conclusion could not be reached i in this exanination, some characteristics were noted which indicate that the writer of the Zodiac letters should not be eliminated : as a possible suspect in the preparation of specinens Q27 and Q28. No watermarks, indented writing or other features were found on specimens Q27 and Q28 which would be of value in determining the source of these specimens... Specimens Q27 and Q28 were photographed and will be returne2 with the fingerprint report. ‘The results of the authorship identification examination will also be furnished separately. oO i: (9) \