PILOT DIVES TO DEATH; MONEY JUST FLIES AWAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000300310009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 19, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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FOIAb3b SUN
DEC 1967
M-31,270
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r By JERRY DEMAREST
SUN Staff Writer
(Second in a Series)
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these cases and in each of them, money
u(Numenrs aria taxen Uy a111RIMr oiLlclal. We will tell you about other missing
The fact remains, Elder had the $33 and in ehnnf re to fol nw
ew evl ens ?' as come 0 the a en-
tine of the Las Vegas SUN that relatives
,f deceased persons are not receiving
property listed on official inventories of
eft nets.
bet's take the rase listed in the cm--
nnQr's official file as 461-65, the death
of Robert Abrams in the Rotilder ('u.y
Air Races on Sc;-. '25, l!16;. Listed among
:his personal 01eets by the coroner's
office was $:U.
Today, 26 months later, Simon Ahram::,
the victim's father, has not, rrcPiaPd thr? r
$33. Ntmw, i'n i, letters by Abrams acid
hts attor?n' to Chief Deputy Coroner
Ken Elder have resulted in much Cot-
respondence, but no $33.
Elder's version of what happened in }
ire money appears to be it was 'lost
possthly ipte nRled,.,with certain
nobody else has seen it - let alone the ,,_",..,"-' '??~r -_
In the Nov. 24 issue, the SUN listed
In one version of the incident, Elder 'mysteriously' . disappeared following
claims certain papers were given a Fed- traffic fatalities. Missing was a, $20 bill
money was among the documents. the Highway. Patrol and Chief Deputy
In fact, Elder's Oct. 27, 1966 letter to The story of the missing $20 bill begins
FAA Inspector) or any of the other of- Ave. Killed were Mrs. Anne Rhodes,
ficials intentionally had anything to do 53, of 1488 E. Del Mar Ave., and Mrs.
with the loss of this money. However, Clara Haynes, 39, of 3242 Patrick Lane,
were later removed suggest the nos- possible identification, Patrolman Lester
GVCLI6J 111 LIllS I11F116G1, l:d/l ULLGL 11V bill was given Elder by a patrolman at
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were sent is unknown to this office..."
A call to Gull in Reno revealed he had Rhodes case. The amount of monev list-
Centeraj li ence, lgepc Gull barely . April 22, 1967, on Interstate 15, the sum
Abrams effects at the request of the In the case of Mrs. Hazel Black, killed
no ?nowieage of any money neing -inter- ed as found among her effects was 79
tain documents, an April 4, 1966 letter Black. Ray listed the sum in his report
in hope it would refresh his memory. rte
ers and this his reporter were present when
der) to Palm Mortuary, Henderson, Ne- $512.33 from the Clark County Coroner's
vada, for shipment to Connecticut with . Office. My daughter and I felt there
inventory sheets) all property listed was , Myron Black, husband of the victim,
An examination of Elder's letters re- Neither Sanders nor the Coroner's Of- ?
veals there appears to be a little con- fice could explain the missing $97.67.
fusion as to who gave what to whom. Following the appearance of the SUN
regard for procedure established in of- required the attentions o f the Coroner's .
Sanitized - Appr ~i ; $' 'f f:~ " 'f4! P75:L ? ~ #3I
We have now told you about three of these In installments of this series.