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This FBI file concerns the Rhode Island State Police investigation of the homicide involving Gerald Tillinghast. The FBI Laboratory handled forensic submissions for the state police, including hair comparisons and a later firearms examination request. A May 1976 FBI telegram reports that hairs removed from several questioned items could not be associated with the head-hair samples of the named suspects. The released material includes laboratory worksheets, evidence receipts, an evidence brief-facts form, and correspondence records dated from 1976 to 1981.

FBI file number: 95-39726 | Documents span: 1976-1981 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Gerald Tillinghast, Joseph Schiavone
Subjects: homicide, Rhode Island State Police, FBI Laboratory, hair comparison, firearms examination