POLICE RELEASE FOLLIS' BODY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200790002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 6, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

WASHINGTON STAR
Approved For Release 1999/09/17 CIA-RDP75-00149R0002
JAN 6 1966
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landTlve ody_ of Dr. Richa
Vii. 'Folbs Jr. on D.
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death were ttrrbut d ate
,
ZEE was; above the ankles, apparently
dents t in a
to datisued by his tripping on a low
tuutho ^ is , metual _ guard rail that runs
The, rp Niue une canal uanaman Baia.
was given yester fay rail is designed to prevent
parked cars from rolling into
drowning . the water.
by police Commissioner Piet, Landman after.
A, .4 ngpsy
Landman said he Est pected all for the , 56, a research s tratio t
along that Fortis h ad :accidental-_ for the Veterans Administration
'lv dirm7nM and an internationally known
one ,;such droxviifug a month I for the body but the operation.
occurs in the pity,. which is
criss-crossed.by canals.
Bruises Hint Tripping
The autopsy uieovered slight
bruises on Follis' legs
just
,last..at. 3:15 .a.m _In
M-. kets were his passnnrt_
teI
clothed and
his eyeglasses were raids-j
Dredges had 4agged_ twice
was ineffective because the
bottpm._ of. the canal-6 feet
deep at that point-was ttcred.
with old bicycles aptly other
junk.
The canal, in the lively night-
club section of the city, is only
a few hundred yards from the
hotel where Follis had been
staying.
The physician who performed
the autopsy said the body had
been preserved by the. cold
water, which apparently had
kept it from rising to the sur-
face sooner.
Folks bad left Washington
Dec. 2 on his .way to a health
conference in Tehran, Iran. He
had stoiped in Amsterdam to'
confer with a professor, at I
Ld
en University..
The professor, Dr. Andreas
Querida, reported the disap-
pearance when Follis' did not
meet him for a scheduled
appointment.
Follis had traveled widely In
recent years in Latin America,
the Middle East, -Asia and
elsewhere. He was to have
started a_prroject in Ecuador
next month.
He was classified by the
Veterans Administration as a!
senior physician, as high a rank
as can be attained in the re-
search field there. He joined the
VA in 1955 and was detached to
work in the laboratories of the
Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology. He also worked for
the National Institutes of Health.
Follis, whose home was at
4915 Albemarle St. NW, leaves
his wife, Edith, and two daugh
ters, Angela, 23, and Louise, 21.1
Approved For Release 1999/09/17 : CIA-RDP75-00149R000200790002-5