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This file concerns the 1958 Charles Starkweather murder case, in which the FBI Laboratory assisted Lincoln, Nebraska police with firearms and evidence examinations. The released pages include a March 1, 1958 letter from Assistant Chief of Police E. H. Masters to J. Edgar Hoover requesting comparison of a bullet removed from Robert Jensen's brain with submitted firearms specimens. Laboratory material identifies cartridge cases, bullets, shotshell fragments, and watches recovered from the August Meyer, Carol King, and Robert Jensen crime scenes. Newspaper clippings in the file report on Starkweather's trial, conviction, and death sentence, and refer to Caril Fugate.

FBI file number: 95-74485 | Documents span: 1958 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Charles R. Starkweather, Robert Jensen, Carol King, August Meyer, Caril Fugate, Joseph T. Carroll, E. H. Masters, J. Edgar Hoover
Subjects: Charles Starkweather, ballistics, FBI Laboratory, Lincoln Police Department, murder investigation, trial coverage