NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, November 7, 1994

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

94-623 - American Memorial (Saipan) - Follow-up on Typhoon Zelda

The eye of Typhoon Zelda passed within 20 miles of the island of Saipan last
Thursday (local time) and delivered sustained winds of 110 mph with gusts over
130 mph.  Heavy rains also fell.  Over 65 trees were blown down, and the park
was covered with debris.  No injuries were reported in the park.  All
structures survived without major damage and the park was reopened to visitors
the next day.  At the time of the report, the island was without electrical
power, but expectations were that it would be restored within several days. 
Cleanup will take the park staff about three weeks.  [Ed Wood, Superintendent,
WAPA/AMME, 11/4]

94-630 - Big Bend (Texas) - Homicide

On the afternoon of Tuesday, November 2nd, park visitors reported finding a
body in Pine Canyon #1, a roadside designated backcountry campsite in the park. 
The reporting parties said that they had seen an individual lying on the ground
outside his tent at this campsite as they drove by earlier in the day to reach
the Pine Canyon trail head, but had assumed at the time that the individual was
asleep.  When returning from their hike several hours later, they noted that he
had not moved and accordingly investigated.  Although they did not touch the
body or observe any obvious signs of foul play, they did report blood coming
from his nose and mouth.  Rangers immediately sealed off all roads leading from
this area of the park; all departing parties were identified and interviewed. 
Border Patrol checkpoints were established north of the park, and officers
stopped and identified all parties traveling north from the vicinity of the
park.  An investigative team was dispatched to protect the scene and interview
nearby camping parties.  Since darkness was rapidly approaching, a decision was
made not to attempt to process the scene until the following morning.  An FBI
evidence collection team was also requested.  Scene protection and egress
checkpoints were maintained throughout the night.  The park airplane was
dispatched to transport the evidence collection team, which arrived in the park
at approximately 11 a.m. the following morning.  The aircraft was later used to
search for additional evidence and to identify the location of backcountry
parties who had not yet been contacted by rangers.  Upon initial examination,
it appeared that the victim, identified as G.M., 43, of San Antonio,
Texas, might have died accidentally from a fall and an associated head wound. 
There was no clear evidence of a struggle or foul play, although it appeared
that the G.M.'s body and personal belongings might have been pilfered after
his death.  An empty cartridge was soon found lying beneath a bush
approximately six feet away from the victim, and a second empty cartridge of
the same caliber was found nearby a short time later.  When the body was
examined, two gunshot wounds were found - one to the chest, the other to the
head.  There were no exit wounds.  At this time, robbery appears to be the
motive for this homicide.  It is believed that a small handgun and some of the
contents of the victim's wallet were the main items stolen.  There are no
suspects.  A joint FBI/NPS investigation continues.   Notification of next of
kin was performed by rangers from San Antonio Missions. [Jim Northup, CR, Big
Bend, 11/4] 

94-631 - George Washington Parkway (Virginia) - Two MVAs with Fatalities

On October 31st, a pedestrian crossing the parkway south of Memorial Bridge was
struck and killed by a northbound vehicle.  The operator of the car was treated
for a minor injury and released.  The accident is still under investigation. 
Late the following morning, a cab heading northbound at the same location
struck one of the bridge's abutments.  The 39-year-old driver was killed; his
passenger, a woman who was five months pregnant, was taken to a local hospital,
where she remains in critical but stable condition.  This accident is also
under investigation.  [Capt. Marvin Ellison, RLES, RAD/NCRO, 11/4]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

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