Craig P. Shibley v. Department of State Police - Crime Lab (SPR 20202015)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records October 21, 2020 SPR20/2015 Darina Griffin, Esq. Legal Counsel Department of Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory 124 Acton Street Maynard, MA 01754 Dear Attorney Griffin: I have received the petition of Craig Shibley appealing the nonresponse of the Department of Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, on October 2, 2020, Mr. Shibley requested the following records during the timeframe of 2015 to present within the possession of the Department: • All submissions to the Lab requesting forensic tests relating to unsolved murders. Specifically, the dates received, requestor’s name and case file [victim’s name]. If outsourced to a third party, please provide the company’s name; • Testing completion dates related to each request. Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Shibley petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR20/2015, was opened as a result. It is my understanding a representative of the Department provided a response to Mr. Shibley’s request on October 19, 2020. Conclusion Mr. Shibley subsequently petitioned this office appealing the substantive nature of the Department’s response provided. The substantive nature of the response will be reviewed in SPR20/2032. Given that this appeal was based on the lack of response, accordingly, I will One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us

Ms. Darina Griffin, Esq. SPR20/2015 Page 2 October 21, 2020 consider this administrative appeal closed. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Craig Shibley