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This file concerns FBI support to local homicide investigations involving Rodney James Alcala, a convicted California serial killer. A 2004 Los Angeles field-office communication requests an NCAVC case and interview-strategy assistance for investigators examining Alcala in connection with additional killings, including those of Georgia Wixted and Charlotte Lamb. The records also include property and evidence forms, a 2003 Los Angeles Times article on Alcala's overturned Robin Samsoe conviction and new charge in the Wixted case, and extensive redaction and deletion sheets. A 2017 FBI Laboratory case was opened for the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office homicide of Christine Ruth Thornton; included Wyoming laboratory material describes hair examinations of trace lifts from clothing, shoes, soil, and other evidence, plus a request involving Alcala's buccal swab for DNA comparison.

FBI file number: 95A-HQ-2235966 | Documents span: 2003-2017 | Released in 3 parts
Names in this file: Rodney James Alcala, Christine Ruth Thornton, Georgia Wixted, Charlotte Lamb, Robin Samsoe, Dana Crappa
Subjects: serial murder, homicide, cold case, DNA evidence, forensic laboratory, NCAVC