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This FBI file concerns the investigation of David Gail Meirhofer in connection with the kidnapping of Susan Marie Jaeger from the Three Forks, Montana, campground in June 1973. The released records include campground witness interviews, checks of travelers and vehicles, criminal-record and credit inquiries, and reports from FBI field offices. September 1974 teletypes document the effort to locate Meirhofer after telephone calls attributed to him, including a call involving a child, and requests for voice comparison, telephone-source tracing, handwriting comparison, fingerprints, and airline and lodging checks. The file includes a Detroit submission of a taped call to the FBI Laboratory and reports that the call was traced to the Salt Lake City area.

FBI file number: 7-HQ-14789 | Documents span: 1973-1974 | Released in 9 parts
Names in this file: David Gail Meirhofer, Susan Marie Jaeger, Bernard P. Suing, Grace Lavine Gifford, Leslie Wate Gifford, Ed Smith
Subjects: kidnapping, missing child, Montana, telephone tracing, voice comparison, FBI laboratory