Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of Loo? (44 Us 2107 Hote;. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/9/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10351-10120 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 72-2382-41 ° . yo II _ i OI I III ‘ Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI . FROM: LA ! TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 08/19/1976 ‘PAGES: 8 | SUBJECTS : JUDITH CAMPBELL EXNER DOCUMENT TYPE: “PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : —_ Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/09/1998 i OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 7 ' Docld:32316613 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 0s 2107 Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 1.89 382 230719 2 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INV SEACETIOR COMMUNICATIONS SECTION TELETYPE J. y9eje @ ave TE TO DIRECTOR, FRT IM BOSTON IMMEDIATE Mee nln ee JACKSONVILLE IMMEDIATE a “TAME IME c Ba red a (v} FTO ° AT ej Ns GENEPAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION a UNSUBs JOHN ROSELLI = VICTIM. OO0J. 908 MIAMI RFE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO BUREAY AUGUST 12, 18976, AND MIAMI TELETYPE TO BUREAU AUGUST 42, 1976. FOR GENERAL INFORMATION BOSTON, INVESTIGATION BY 0 JACKSONVILLE DIVISION DEVELOPED INFORMATION REFLECTING THAT ONE ROY JOSEPH THOMAS POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN ROSELLI MURDER BASED ON ALLEGED wf Ob we OD ASSOC TAT IO iy FEN THOMAS AND ROSELLI IN MIAMI, FLORIDA AREA, 2 THIS INFORMATION BEING RELATED TO BOSTON BECAUSE THOMAS WAS BORN aND RAISED YOUR AREA AND ALLEGEDLY 2 we INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL EFFORTS BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 3 AUG 26 %G76 Assoc. Dir,’ Dep.-A.D.-Adm._ Dep.-A.D-Inv,__ Asst. Dir.: Adm. Sery. ee Ext. ATP irg G tee Ident te eee, at ee Intell, Laborat«ry Legal Coun, — Plan. & Eval, — Ree. M em ; t Spee. iw ZR Training Telephone ; Rm. Direetoz See’y _ ‘Serratia {:/ | ae ta fe | Docld: 32316813 Page 2
' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use 3107 Hotey™ DATE: 11-14-2017 . PAGE THO @A 72-185) E FTO | RE: FRANCIS XaVIER THOMAS, ALSO KNOWN AS FRANK THOMAS. _ . LA S883 .TE ADVISED ON auau st 17> 1976, THAT FRANK THOMAS , WHOM HE HaS KNOWN FOR MaNY YEARS, DIED ‘APPROXIMATELY TWO AND ONE-HALF MONTHS AGO FROM A HEART ATTACK. " EMMETT MURP HY, WEST COAST DIRECTOR, THOROUGHBRED RACING PROTECT IVE BOARD (TRPB), ADVISED ON AUGUST 18, 1976, HE WAS PERSONALLY. ACQUAINTED WITH FRANK THOMAS © PRIOR TO HIS DEATH AS HE WAS IN DAILY ATTENDANCE aT SANTA ANITA RACETRACK, ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA. THE LAST RACING MEET FOR SANTA aNITA OPENED ON DECEMBER 26, 1975. ED BARNARD, INVESTIGATOR FOR TRPB , ADVISED ON AUGUST 18, 1976, HE RECALLS SOMETIME DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE MEET HE Saw FRANK THOMAS AND ASKED HIM ' WHERE HE HAD BEEN AS HE HaD NOT SEEN HIM AROUND THE TRACK. THOMAS REPLIED THAT HE HAD BEEN "LAYING LOW.” # . to : a ‘ . . . 4 K . . . | DocId: 32316813 Page 3
" Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 Us¢ 2107 Hofer” DATE: 11- B4-2017 a ° ‘ en ‘ , PAGE FIVE’ @A 72-185) © r-T 0 : a RE: ROY THOMAS LA 9883 -TE RECONTACTED THIS DATE AND STATED HE HAS NOT HEARD ABOUT ROY THOMAS.\FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE AND ONE-HALF YEARS. HE HAS NO IDEA AS TO HIS LocaTION, BUT STATED THAT LOS ANGELES GAMBLER NICK ASSAD IS 4 CLOSE FRIEND OF THOMAS THROUGH THE YEARS AND COULD BE CONTACTED FOR CURRENT INFORMATION REGARDING HIM, NICK ASSAD STATED HE HAS NOT SEEN Roy THOMAS | ‘FOR OVER ONE YEAR AND THAT HE RESIDES IN MIAMI, FLORIDA- AREA NEAR HOLLINDALE. ROY'S WIFE EITHER IS OR AT ONE TIME WORKED FOR NaTIONAL AIRLINES IN FLOR IDA AS aN ADMINISTRATOR IN THE TRAINING AND HIRING DEP ARTMENT , THOMAS GREW UP IN BOSTON WITH ASSAD AND WAS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED THERE wITH LCN MEMBER ILAR IO ANTONIO MARIA ZANNINO WHO ASSAD -KNOWS WELL BY NAME LARRY BIONI. IN ADDITION, THOMAS WAS EXTREMELY CLOSE TQ PHIL WAGGENHEIM, A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF ZANNINO. FOR INFORMATION OF THE BUREAU, ZANNINO IS LISTED AS AN LCN MEMBER BELONGING TO THE PATRIARCA FAMILY _Docld:32316613 Page 4