Serial 2131

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Report of the
Latent Fingerprint Section
Identification Division

April 16, 1979

FBI file no. 86-4286
Latent case no. B- 68366

Colonel William R. Cowan
Deputy Director
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
6825 16th St., Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20306

Re: PEOPLES TEMPLE
MASS SUICIDE-MURDER
JONESTOWN, GUYANA
NOVEMBER 18, 1978

Reference: Specimens received in Latent Fingerprint Section April 9, 1979
Examination requested by: Addressee
Specimens: Copies of two hospital birth records bearing footprints

The footprints appearing on the hospital birth records lacked sufficient ridge detail to be of value for identification purposes.

The specimens are enclosed.

[Page 2 consists of handwritten notes upon which report on page 1 is based. Individuals sought to be identified were two Cordell children.]