Record Number 180-10106-10207 Agency File Number 002872 Originator-HSCA From: Martindale, David To: Date: 10/11/77 Pages: 1 Subjects: Pitzer, William Photographs and Films Evidence, Medical Date Released: Not on document Contents: A brief handwritten Outside Contact Report on a telephone interview with a Mr. David Martindale of Chicago, Ill., by HSCA investigator Andy Purdy regarding the death of William Pitzer. Document follows in full. OUTSIDE CONTACT REPORT DATE 10/11/77 TIME 10:55 I. Identifying Information: Name: David Martindale Telephone: (312) 935-1698 Address: 526 W. Roscoe; Chicago, Ill. 60657 Type of Contact: X Telephone Person II. Summary of Contact: -lead re: autopsy from Penn Jones re: Lt. William Pitzer suicide. Was photographer -- source's name unknown, was associate of Pitzer. Gist: Pitzer photographed autopsy, considerable briefing after it for [next word hard to decipher: "sentence"?]. -post -- Navy position lined up with TV, then suicide right before; difficult angle for hand gun found in. [sic] -source called him. -wrote ARGOSY magazine article -- March, 1977. III. Recommended Follow-up (if any): [blank] Signature: /s/ Andy Purdy [end of page one and end of document]