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Table 6
Professionals’ responses to incidents of ritual activity*
Response Number of professionals
reporting
Contacted parents 7
Contacted law enforcement 4
Provided counseling 16
Other 5
*Note that respondents frequently reported in two or more response categories.
Appendix B
Members of the Virginia State Crime Commission 1991
From the Senate of Virginia
Elmon T. Gray, Chairman
Howard P. Anderson
Elmo G. Cross, Jr.
From The House of Delegates
James F. Almand
Robert B. Ball, Sr., Vice Chairman
V. Thomas Forehand, Jr.
Raymond R. Guest, Jr.
A. L. Philpott
Clifton A. Woodrum
Appointments by the Governor
Robert C. Bobb
Robert F. Horan, Jr.
Rev. George F. Ricketts, Sr.
Attorney General’s Office
H. Lane Kneedler
Appendix C
Ritual Crime Task Force Membership
Crime Commission Members
Robert C. Bobb, Richmond City Manager, Chmn.
Senator Elmon T. Gray, Sussex
Delegate Raymond R. Guest, Jr., Front Royal
H. Lane Kneedler, Attorney General‟s Office
Speaker A.L. Philpott, Bassett
Rev. George F. Ricketts, Sr., Richmond
Delegate James F. Almand, Arlington

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Appointed by the Speaker of the House
Delegate Robert Tata, Virginia Beach
Appointed by Senate P&E Committee
Senator Elliot S. Schewel, Lynchburg
Appointed by the Crime Commission
Leonard G. Holmes, Ph.D.
Michael L. Wade, M.S.
Janet I. Warren, D.S.W.
Isaac K. Wood, M.D.
Staff
Ritual Crime Task Force Research Staff
Michael P. Maddox, Staff Attorney, Lead Researcher
D. Robie Ingram, Staff Attorney
Susan A. Bass, Research Analyst
Rod Belcher, Intern
Virginia State Crime Commission Staff
Frederick L. Russell, Executive Director
Dana G. Schrad, Staff Attorney
Sylvia A. Coggins, Executive Assistant
Gina L. Ford, Secretary
Katie Vawter, Intern
Acknowledgments
The following individuals offered substantial assistance to the Crime Commission Task Force
investigating ritual crime. Numerous other persons also offered advice, expertise, and
personal knowledge throughout the task force‟s study, such that not all contributors were able
to be listed here. The contents of this report may not represent the view of all those listed
below, but do reflect the time and efforts of such persons. The task force sincerely
appreciates the contributions of all those who willingly gave time and exhibited the courage
and commitment to make this a thorough and exhaustive study.
American Family Foundation
Dr. Michael D. Langone, Executive Director
City of Hamptom Police Department
Detective Jon Decker
City of Richmond Police Department
Detective B.C. Robertson, Jr.
City of Virginia Beach Police Department
Detective Don Rimer
Coalition for Religious Freedom
Daniel C. Holdgreiwe, Director
Crater Criminal Justice Academy
Boyd G. Griggs, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Special Agent Kenneth Lanning
Office of the City Manager, City of Richmond
Joyce Smith Wilson
Patricia Pulling
Kathy K. Snowden