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This FBI file concerns laboratory assistance to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division in the Larry Gene Bell homicide investigation. Bell had been convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Sharon Faye Smith and was awaiting trial in the kidnapping and murder of Debra Mae Helmick. The released 1986 records include evidence transmittals, a state request for analysis of hair recovered from Helmick, FBI laboratory worksheets, and a September 30 laboratory report. FBI examiners tested hair and associated debris for adhesive, plastic, or other polymer material that might indicate contact with duct tape, but reported no identifiable such material.

FBI file number: 95-273962 | Documents span: 1986 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Larry Gene Bell, Debra Mae Helmick, Sharon Faye Smith, J. P. Strom, William H. Webster
Subjects: Larry Gene Bell, homicide, forensic laboratory analysis, hair evidence, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, VI-CAP