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This file concerns the homicide of Cheri Jo Bates in Riverside, California, a case later submitted to the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. A 1994 VICAP letter requests status feedback from the Riverside Police Department on its submission, identified as VICAP case 92-CA-73. The released material also includes a copy of a purported confession letter describing the killing and threats against future victims. FBI Laboratory records from 1999 and 2000 document trace-evidence and mitochondrial-DNA testing of hairs, a cigarette butt, a bra, blood samples, and other evidence; the reports state that hairs recovered from a blood clot could not be associated with Bates and exclude one redacted individual as the source of a tested hair.

FBI file number: 95A-HQ-1282679 | Documents span: 1994-2000 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Cheri Jo Bates
Subjects: homicide, VICAP, forensic evidence, DNA analysis, Riverside Police Department