STRANGE FBI Vault: 'The Finders' File (324 pp.)
The FBI Vault's 324-page Finders file (4 parts) covers the 1987 Tallahassee/DC investigation: two men arrested with six children, a U.S. Customs memo alleging CIA interference, and the 1993-94 inquiry — which found no evidence of criminal activity and filed no charges.
324-page FBI Vault file posted Nov 2019: Tallahassee PD 1987 arrest reports (two men with six children), DC Metro PD records, a 1987 U.S. Customs memo, FBI field reports, 1993 inquiry correspondence, news clippings. The investigation found no evidence of criminal activity; charges were dropped; no convictions resulted. The CIA-interference claim exists in the file only as an allegation (Martinez memo); the 1993–94 DOJ review did not substantiate it.
Evidence status: Confirmed by primary sources — court records, government reports, declassified documents.
AI DOCUMENT REVIEW
Generated from the primary source document. How we review.
AI review of the FBI Vault Finders index (4 parts) plus the wave-2 research review of the file contents: - Part structure: 4 parts totaling 324 pages — Tallahassee PD arrest reports (Feb 1987: two men with six children), DC Metro PD records, a 1987 U.S. Customs memo, FBI field reports, 1993 inquiry correspondence, news clippings. - Outcome: the investigation found no evidence of criminal activity; charges were dropped; no convictions resulted. - The CIA-interference claim exists in the file only as an allegation inside one Customs memo (Martinez); the 1993-94 DOJ review did not substantiate it. - Note: the underlying PDFs are scanned and bot-walled to automated fetch; this review is based on the Vault index plus detailed research notes on the file contents. Record summary verified accurate.