CIA MAN IS SHOT DEAD IN CEMETERY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300100014-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 1998
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: December 8, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 1961
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CIA Man Is Shot Dead inCemeter
CPYRGHT
-News
Dete+etives search the cemetery grounds near where Mr. Deegan's body was
The pistol was found near the tree in'the center of the photo.
Body Turns Up in,Cemetery
Aft CPYRGHT CIA Aide Found Slain
The body of a Central
Intelligence Agency em-
P'9 3 ~was found in a Fair-
fa t . u tycemetery this
morning. Police and Gov-
ernment agents are trying
to determine if a pistol
wound in the torso caused
death.
The dead man was identi-
fied as James D. Deegan, 43,
white, of 1.2 Austin-av. His
home is just a few blocks
from the Mt. Comfort Ceme-
f
k
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empty pistol
box of 9 millimeter shells in
the car.
PISTOL FOUND
A Luger pistol, which takes
such shells, was found about
100 feet from the body, under
a cedar tree.
Police said a.bullet entered
Mr. Deegan's chest a n d
passed thru his body. There
was a wound and bloodstains
on his upper back.
A lady who lives across the
street from the cemetery told
tery, in the 1900 bloc
o reporters she saw a strange
King's 11ig ia ihway, south of The car was found parked car at the cemetery Wednes-
Ale~a
at the cemetery gate. day night, but heard nothing
The body was found by two Police said they found an unusual last night.
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workmen, Charlie Mobley and-
Robert Cheek, as they came
to work. They told office em-
ployes, who called police.
The body was found a ,short
distance from the office,
HINT ,F MURDER
A CIA spokesman said of-
ficials feared Mr. Deegan may
have been murdered.
Mrs. Deegan said her hus-
band left his home last eve-
ning in his white Volkswagen,
and that he had been missing