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.William Geraway and Lawrence Wood furnished affidavits implicating Joseph Barboza of a murder in Santa Rosa in early July 1970.The victim is believed to be Dee Mancini, Clay Wilson or Raymond Pinole.An eighteen-year-old female named Paulette, who lived with Dee Mancini, allegedly helped bury the body.The teletype also warns that Geraway has a reputation for furnishing false information.10-12-70 Santa Rosa police find the buried body of Clay Wilson.Special Agent Ahlstrom and Lieutenant Brown of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office contact Dee Wilson who denies any knowledge of her husband Clay's murder.10-13-70 In a teletype, the San Francisco FBI Office notifies Director Hoover of the following: “Chief of Police Melvin Flohr, Santa Rosa, Calif., just advised that Paulette Ramos, Santa Rosa, under questioning by local authorities, disclosed that Joseph Baron shot and killed Clay Wilson, local Santa Rosa hoodlum, several months ago.Ramos admitted assisting Baron with disposal of [the] body by burying in wooded area several miles outside Santa Rosa.Ramos led local authorities to said area and a body has been recovered.Chief Flohr states body being examined today; however, due to badly decomposed condition, positive identification has not been made.”In a memorandum from Gerald E.McDowell to File, McDowell states that Joseph Barboza made a collect call to Walter Barnes, and McDowell made notes of their conversation.According to McDowell, Barboza states the following: “`The only lie detector test I ever agreed to take had to do with my gun charge.'” Barboza also adds, “As far as the Deegan trial coming up I stand on the transcript as being the gospel truth.”10-15-70 Norfolk County District Attorney George Burke holds a press conference where he says the Clay Wilson murder came to his attention about three weeks ago when he was contacted by two inmates in Walpole State Prison.(Bony Saludes, S[anta] R[osa] Murder Charge for Gangland Informer, Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA), Oct.16, 1970; see also Bony Saludes, S[anta] R[osa] Murder Charge for Gangland Informer, Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA), Oct.15, 1970.Joseph Barboza reportedly telephones Sonoma County District Attorney Kiernan Hyland from his Barnstable prison cell to discuss the Clay Wilson murder case.While Hyland does not disclose the content of the conversation, he said Barboza apparently was on a “fishing expedition,” trying to learn what the authorities had against him.A teletype from the Boston FBI Office to Director Hoover and the San Francisco Office reads, “Joseph Baron telephonically contacted Boston office of FBI this A.M.He said he had been in telephonic contact with his wife who told him she had been contacted at her home by two police officers who informed her that the body of Clay Wilson had been recovered in that area, that he was a prime suspect and that his residence was searched.Baron alleged that he had a good relationship with Clay Wilson and that he was being `framed.' It is felt that the San Francisco Office should notify local authorities in Santa Rosa that Baron, through telephonic conversation with his wife, is now aware of the recovery of Clay Wilson's body and the fact that he is considered a prime suspect.Baron is still being held in the Barnstable County Jail, Barnstable, Mass., in lieu of [$100,000] bail for possession of a gun and has a detainer on him as a probation violator.If murder process obtained relative to him, it is felt that [the] Sheriff of the Barnstable County Jail should be promptly notified.”Joseph Barboza tells an FBI agent that he took trips back to Boston.10-16-70 A teletype from the San Francisco FBI Office to Director Hoover and the Boston Office informs that Dee Mancini witnessed Joseph Barboza shoot Clay Wilson in the presence of Paulette Ramos.10-22-70 Lieutenant Brown of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office completes a police report on the Clay Wilson murder.10-28-70 Vincent “Jimmy” Flemmi is arrested.He was convicted on December 1, 1970, in Suffolk Superior Court for attempted murder and subsequently sentenced to fourteen to eighteen years at the Walpole State Prison.10-30-70 The Boston FBI sends Director Hoover a teletype advising, “Lawrence Wood, inmate, MSP at Walpole, who, with inmate William Garaway [sic], provided affidavit implicating [Joseph Barboza] Baron in [Clay Wilson] murder, sent word to State Police that he wanted to be taken out of Walpole on a ruse and talk to SP and FBI.This was accomplished and Wood provided the following information: Data he provided re[garding] Baron's story of murder in California accurate.However, at request of Garaway [sic], he has provided defense in [the Edward “Teddy”] Deegan murder trial, Suffolk County, Mass., four affidavits, not yet signed.First affidavit pertains to Baron's statements that he did not know what word recant meant
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