RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           Ranger Activities Division Information Network

Day/Date:	 Friday, December 27, 1991

INCIDENTS

91-669 - Big Bend (Texas) - Smuggling Incidents

United Press International reports this morning that several smugglers have 
been stopped and arrested in the park this month.  On December 6th, rangers 
stopped a truck carrying a load of fireworks which was attempting to enter 
the country from Mexico and turned it back.  Two pickup trucks carrying 
more than 3,000 pairs of new shoes were also stopped and turned around that 
day.  The drivers were cited and brought before federal magistrate's court.  
The story also notes that a van carrying a load of electronic equipment, 
including VCR's, TV's and microwave ovens, caught fire on River Road on 
December 17th.  Superintendent Rob Arnberger said that rangers and Border 
Patrol agents have increased patrols along the border in an effort to 
curtail these and other illegal activities.  [UPI, 12/26]

91-670 - Gulf Islands (Florida/Mississippi) - Homicide

A family visiting the park's Fort Pickens area reported that they'd seen an 
injured person behind Battery Langdon around noon on December 24th.  Ranger 
Skip Prange investigated and found a body lying in a clearing behind the 
battery's northeast bunker.  The victim, later identified as 15-year-old 
L.R. of Pensacola, was fully clothed in insulated long underwear 
and jogging clothes; a large knife was found about a dozen feet from her 
body.  The area was secured and the FBI and Escambia County sheriff's 
office were notified.  Investigators determined that the cause of death was 
probably a blow to the head, even though there were deep stab wounds and 
lacerations on L.R.'s body.  L.R. was last seen by family members at 
her grandparents' house on Sunday evening and had been reported missing to 
Pensacola police when she failed to return home.  There are no likely 
suspects at this time, and it is not yet certain that the homicide occurred 
in the park.  [CompuServe message from Gene Phillips, CR, GUIS, 12/26]

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: Brady on AL (12/23-12/29).

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Sisto and Smith on AL (12/23-
12/29); Martin on AL (12/23-1/1); Kreis and Marriott on AL (12/23-1/5); 
Schamp on AL (12/23-1/8); Coffey on AL (12/30-1/5); Lee on AL (1/2-1/5).

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Broyles on AL (12/23-12/29); Erskine, Cook and 
Spruill on AL (12/23-1/5).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

Telephone:	Branch of R&VP - FTS 268-4874/6039 or 202-208-4874/6039
              Branch of F&A (WASO) - FTS 268-5572/5573 or 202-208-5572/5573
Telefax:	Branch of R&VP - FTS 268-6756 or 202-208-6756
              Branch of F&A (WASO) - FTS 268-5977 or 202-208-5977
CompuServe:	Branch of R&VP - WASO-RANGER
              Branch of F&A (WASO) - WASO-FIRE-WO
SEAdog:	Branch of R&VP - 1/650
              Branch of F&A (WASO) - 1/655