We are enclosing a copy of the NSA investigative report, that we would like included in the Army Record Center files. The Maryland Medical Examiners office has stated it will change the death certificate once the case has been reviewed and they are requested to do so. The lack of an initial investigation, a review of the NSA, CID and USPP reports, and interviews with eye witnesses will discount the suicide theory.

ADDENDUM TO PREPARED STATEMENT BY SIDNEY WRIGHT

Most of October 21, 1991, was spent by investigative agents deciding who had jurisdiction over a murder scene. It was finally decided that the Interior Departments Park Police (USPP) had jurisdiction. The USPP conducted an "assumed suicide" investigation. Arriving at the scene with only pen and pad, refusing the homicide assistance offered by the FBI and Army CID (that had a homicide investigative team at the scene).

The National Security Agency (NSA) had issued "Gold" badges to some of their security personnel and told them they were Special Agents. One of these people came to the murder scene and then departed for the victims room at Fort George C. Meade. When the park police, FBI and Army CID Agents arrived at the room later, Ms. Anne Kornmeyer was apprehended leaving the victims room with some of the victims personal property. Items known to have been removed are computer disk and personal letters. It is not known what was removed prior to the investigators arrival. The Army CID wanted to place her under arrest, but never questioning her authority to be there the USPP and FBI said let her go. After being identified the victim's room becomes an extension of the murder scene. NSA clearly compromised this part of the murder scene.

The USPP interviewed only two people in the victim's barracks, two soldiers who had returned stateside 3 days prior, and no one else. The soldiers said our son sat down and wrote two pages to what looked like an eight page letter (the letter had 10 pages exactly). The steno tablet the letter was suppose to have been written on was not returned with other personal items. While both were present when our son left the room there was a conflict in the time he left. The soldiers said our son was returning from Penns, but his destination had been Ohio. The Army CID said the two soldiers were awaiting our son's return so they could ask him to drive them for some fast food (two complete McDonald meals, with drinks) was later found on the rear seat of our son's car.

On October 22, 1991, the Maryland medical examiner determined cause of death as a gun shot wound to the head. Nothing is mentioned of the hypodermic needle size hole through the field jacket and shirt the victim wore or no explanation for the blood spot located on the hole in the shirt. The medical examiner ruled suicide based on the wound and the USPP report of a "suicide" note our son was suppose to have written. The note, more of a "Dear Jane" than a suicide note, was never proven to have even been written by our son. The USPP took the position of case solved, don't confuse us with facts, our mind is made up.

In 1993 our group "Until We Have Answers", composed of families burdened with peace time military deaths ruled suicide, met with the House Sub-committee on Military Affairs that resulted in an amendment being passed by congress directing the Department of Defense, Inspector General (DOD, İG) to review all peace time suicides, upon request by the family, after 1988. This effort has proven almost fruitless since the DOD, IG is staffed with former military investigators. To date no case reviewed has been recommended for reinvestigation. While our son's case has been under review for nearly 2 years the DOD, IG agent has not spoken to the hunter who discovered the body or the Army CID agent that informed us our son did not commit suicide. The Army CID agent also stated "No homicide investigating was done" and the case was more or less solved upon the arrival of the USPP at the scene. Both men live within 50 miles of Washington, but the DOD, IG agent assigned our case has been to busy jetting across the Country and around the world in his quest to solve this case, has not found the time to interview either. He has stated publicly that the hunter was a liar although he has never spoken to the man. In 1995 we received an FBI report we had requested under the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA). This report confirmed that the FBI had been involved with the case from the start. A friend of our son's from training school was under investigation for espionage and our son had been made aware of it by the friends wife. This investigation involved the FBI in Denver CO and Baltimore MD. The DOD,IG was completely unaware of this investigation until we informed them. Its possible the FBI San Francisco may be involved. Shortly after receiving the FBI report the Army contacted us saying they had additional information, did we want it? When questioned if it pertained to the espionage investigation, they replied in the affirmative.

The first correspondence received was papers our son had filled out when he enlisted. The second package contained the FBI report, with less censoring and the third package contained two additional sheets to the FBI report.

No one has ever tried to explain the "stick tight" and "beggar lice" seeds attached to our son's clothes and socks. These indicate that our son had been in an open field prior to being murdered as these weeds do not grow in wooded areas. The victim was located on a dirt road where the berms had been mowed. We contend that our son was lured to the area under the pretext of preparing for a game called "Twilight 2000".

It has never been explained to us why:

A homicide investigation was not performed?

The Army washed our son's clothes after being ask not to.

The Army waited 6 months to prepare a psychological report and then used the Army CID report to prepare it?

We weren't informed of our son's death by a follow-up teletype as regulation require?

We were told by DOD, IG agents that we received a better investigation from the USPP than we would have gotten from the Metro DC police, but the investigation was not as good as the Army CID would have conducted? Army CID regulations give the Army CID authority to conduct their own investigation independently of any other agency that has jurisdiction.

The Pentagon doesn't tell the truth? They have been caught lying about Viet Nam, caught lying about the Gulf War, caught lying about atomic testing, etc. Is it because it's easier to say suicide, case closed, than to have unsolved murders in the files?

The Justice Department can spend millions on Waco, Ruby Ridge, Flight 800, Church burnings, but nothing to help the families of these so called suicides.

Congress can correct this situation by enacting laws that remove all peace time deaths from military, USPP, and civilian control. Assign the FBI to investigate each

case.

[Additional information is retained in committee files.]

[Whereupon, at 6:56 p.m., the subcommittee adjourned.]