CIA EMPLOYE FOUND DEAD 2 DAYS AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED IN FAIRFAX

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400460021-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: November 7, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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 CPYRGHT
NORTHERN
VIRGINIA SUN
.4ccordin;. to the Frederick
County medical examiner, the l "There was -no questi
preliminary autopsy' did not re- curity in this case,"' thmm
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NOV 7 .1964
1fter He Was Arrested in Fairfax
A Employe Found Dead 2 Days
jBy PiA GIE IUUHAItISVi1 ,dealn say were is ko . ,icienti ., yui:LC u: euipiuyes c:
}91' . :31+N Staff Writer of foul passed the clearance check, !th
it I official said
",AIR.FAX -- Virginia State Po-
1jee are investi ating the death
1jf ;'a Central Intelligence Agency
?(G1A) employe found Thursday in
! !Winchester motel room, two
tl,ays after he was arrested by
'k ,irfax County Police on a mor-
l charge.
lF ryf neth N. Wamsley, 35of1 kips, W. Va. in 195? in business
Jenley Place, Springfield ;administration
He mis married
.
arrested by a o,unty vice-I in 1952 and had two sons,
l detective at Seven Corners
iv. 19.
lririd, :found Wamsley dead on
d in one of the motel rooms
1R?', ,about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
policemen investigating the
policemen say that it wit' a'did not ii~ve_ ecess to ;.rnfi,,:A?! a
d
week before fmdtngs are release
o n thc letPd aueo is security n. -erial.
com
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A nativ:. of Elkins. 'A Va.,
Wamsley graduated iron: the
According to CIA records, he
was in the U.S. Army Counter
Intelligence Corps, (C.I.C.) from
March 19 1 to 1953 He entered
the CIA In Marv! 1953 and has
worked UUk:re; ar3'an administra-
tive assistant
A CIA official said Wamsleyhad
received 'the basic clearance i -
After V4 .,,nsley was elks. ,;r
Tuesday afternoon by .r'airC' +x
lice, the CIA was notified, D..
Duerr said.
They said that Warnsley d'tri apr
ear for work ? 'Ai
,n Wedne
sdt
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p
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had not n distil arged Mrc.
Wanislc, 4 saw her husban
Wodnesda, :'venire, . he reportee
him missing to Fairfax Police
Thursday at about noon.
When questioned about circum-'
stances of WamsIFy's death, CIA
officials said "that;is a ma for
the police."
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