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FD-36 (Rev. 12-18-56) { ; ' te) es aaannnee / FBI Date: 7/9/62 PLAIN TEXT Transmit the following in (ype Ta plale text or coda) (Priority or Method of Mailing) DIRECTOR, FBI (76-26295) TO: FROM: JAC, SAN FRANCISCO (76-2887) aN Pa - . bra San Rafael, Calif., advised that during "260,01 35 definite suicides were listed as jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay. Five of these hit the rocks or ground underneath the extreme ends of the bridge and the bodies were readily recovered. Of the other 30 suicides, 17 bodies were recovered and 13 bodies have not been recovered. His records also listed probable suicides during this same time as 12 with their bodies not being recovered. The above indicates a total of some probable 42 suicides by individuals who actually went into the water of th: San Francisco Bay, wherein 17 bodies have been found and 25 not found. vised that an investigation ts made of each suitide Jump, and if three or four witnesses ses an Vv individual jump, it is listed as suicide. If only one person sees an individual jump from the bridge, it is listed as a probable suicide, Fn sang ttten that if an individual jumps from the Gol: é@ near the shoreline and there is an incoming tide, there is a good possibility of recovery of the body, since the Coast Guard boats are only fifteen minutes from the bridge and a marker is thrown near the spot where the individual entergd the water. However, when an individual jumps from near the center of the bridge into the Bay and there is an outgoing tide, the body is rarely recovered. sey 7 JUL 11 1962 Appigied: f P gent in Charge 55 vu. 17g" 4o|