#The_Finders

People (7)

• Isabelle Pettie Isabelle Pettie was a CIA employee (1950-1971) and wife of Finders leader Marion Pettie, confirmed by FBI Vault documents that also record her possession of passports to Cold War restricted destinations including North Korea, North Vietnam, and the Soviet Union.
• James Michael Holwell James Michael Holwell was one of two Finders members arrested in Tallahassee, Florida on February 4, 1987 while transporting six malnourished children, charged with child abuse and resisting arrest, with all charges subsequently dropped in March 1987.
• John H. Stitcher Jr. John H. Stitcher Jr. was the MPD Intelligence Division sergeant who filed the February 19, 1987 report documenting CIA acknowledgment of a 'vested interest' in The Finders, and who died in May 1993 before the DOJ reopened its investigation in October of that year.
• Marion Pettie Marion Pettie (1920-2003) was the founder and 'Game Caller' of The Finders communal group, a retired Air Force Master Sergeant with family CIA connections whose group was investigated for child trafficking in 1987 before the federal inquiry was closed after CIA acknowledged an interest.
• Ramon J. Martinez Ramon J. Martinez was the U.S. Customs Special Agent in Washington D.C. who conducted the February 1987 investigation of The Finders' properties and authored the reports documenting warehouse contents, CIA interference in the investigation, and the subsequent suppression of the case.
• Stuart Miles Silverstone Stuart Miles Silverstone (alias: Steve Learner) was an active member of The Finders found by U.S. Customs investigators inside the group's satellite-equipped computer room at the Glover Park duplex during the February 1987 raids.
• Tom Lewis Thomas F. Lewis (1924-1998) was a Republican congressman from Florida who, along with Rep. Charlie Rose, received documents from private consultant Henry 'Skip' Clements in October 1993 and applied pressure to the DOJ that helped trigger the reinvestigation of The Finders case.