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This Phoenix FBI administrative file concerns an Arizona Attorney General request to review FBI records related to the 1976 murder of Arizona Republic investigative reporter Donald Bolles. The records include a 1986 newspaper clipping on litigation over sealed Bolles-investigation material, evidence and chain-of-custody forms for case files prepared for FBI Headquarters review, and a 1987 memorandum opening a separate file for the state-records request. The Attorney General's letter asks for Bolles homicide material held in Phoenix, Washington, and other FBI offices, including information concerning possible links to the 1975 murder of Phoenix businessman Edward Lazar. It notes that the state investigation remained active and that disclosures could require protection of confidential informants.

FBI file number: 62D-2709 | Documents span: 1986-1987 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Donald Bolles, John Harvey Adamson, Roy Romano, Keith Nation, Leo Lane, Edward Lazar, Robert K. Corbin, William H. Webster
Subjects: Donald Bolles murder, Arizona Attorney General, FBI records request, organized crime, evidence custody