letter to ncis asst. dir for criminal investigations 4.25.09 nxpowerlite

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Assistant Director for Inspections (0006) April 25,2009

NCIS Headquarters

Washington NavyYard

716 Sicard Street, S.E.

Washington, D.C, 20388-5380

Sirs;

I have some questions regarding the reportingrequirements of supervisorsat NCIS. On

December 11,2008 Ispoke to Special Agent Crandall atNCIS Parris Island. Iwanted somegeneral

information about the Family Advocacy Program (FAP) and their invotvemenrirr reported sexual assault

cases against minors. While speaking to Special Agent Crandall,he told me that the FAP was required tobe involved withallalleged sexual assault cases, both on and off base that involved military personnel

and their dependants.

Special Agent Crandalt asked me what this pertained to and told him he sexualassault of

H Skovranko which was reported to NCIS by her father in June 2004 after he took her to the

Beaufort Naval Hospital and was denied treatment. Special Agent Crandall said that the FAP was

involved, as required by the military, andthey would have all the documents Iwould need for my

husband's case. I stated that Ihaveadocument from the FAP aboard Parris Island dated January 28,

2008 that states they have no record of this alleged sexual assault, meaning they were not involved with

the investigation atall. SpecialAgent Crandall changed hisstory andstated that the FAP was not

available in June 2004 at Parris Island. From myunderstanding and my research throughthe Beaufort

Naval Hospital, the FAP has been available in the Beaufort Naval Hospital and Parris Island MCRD for

quite some time. Alsoper DoD 6400.1, since it's inception in the 19Sffs the FAP isrequired to be at all

military instillations, both on and off shore.

Special Agent Crandall quickly ended our call shortly there after, but not before hetold me hatsince the case was remanded back to NOS WestCamp Pendleton, Special Agent Spafford, the case

manager, would be required to report the allegations to the state authorities. Special Agent Spafford

has not reported this alleged crime to the state or local authorities.

On January 7,20091 sent acertified letter to Special Agent Crandall which he signed for on

January 10,2009. In the letter I included the documentation from the FAP dated January 2008, and the

e-mail from a FOIA request to the Beaufort Naval Hospital regardingthe child's visit to the emergency

room seeking treatment. The document from the Beaufort Naval Hospital shows that the father of the

child, a religious program specialist did not take her to the hospital as stated in asworn statement to

NCIS and that the FAP was not notified byeither the hospital (because the father was never there with

the child) and NCIS did not notify them when they received the report.

While conducting their investigation into the allegations, NCIS obtained acopy of the child's

medical records from the Beaufort Naval Hospital andeither did not bother to check for the information

from the visit or simply overlooked it. Tell me, sthis howinvestigations areconducted within NCIS?



\ look forward to your responseand your point of view regarding this investigation. Obviously

there were errors made, yet no one iswillingto take responsibility to correct them. This information

has been available to your investigators since the first report of this crime but hasbeen gnored or

overlooked since dayone.

Respectfully,

Angela Ehlers

Enclosure(s)

Family Advocacy Program document datedJanuary2008

E-mail from the POlA tothe Beaufort Naval Hospital regardingchild's visit

Acquisition of medical records dated June 16,2004 from NCIS

Copy of letter to Special Agent Crandall, NCIS Parris Island dated January 7,2009

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