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    A US Senate committee is investigating the death of 16-year-old Annie McCann, who was found dead next to a dumpster in 2008 with the cause of death ruled as lidocaine intoxication. The police ruled it a suicide from drinking a bottle of Bactine, but a Bayer employee later said the amount of lidocaine in one bottle would not be expected to produce death. The committee is seeking information from Bayer and records of communication between Bayer, the police, and FBI regarding their investigation into McCann's death. The committee asks Bayer to respond to questions about the toxicity of lidocaine and provide any relevant records.

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    A US Senate committee is investigating the death of 16-year-old Annie McCann, who was found dead next to a dumpster in 2008 with the cause of death ruled as lidocaine intoxication. The police ruled it a suicide from drinking a bottle of Bactine, but a Bayer employee later said the amount of lidocaine in one bottle would not be expected to produce death. The committee is seeking information from Bayer and records of communication between Bayer, the police, and FBI regarding their investigation into McCann's death. The committee asks Bayer to respond to questions about the toxicity of lidocaine and provide any relevant records.

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    A US Senate committee is investigating the death of 16-year-old Annie McCann, who was found dead next to a dumpster in 2008 with the cause of death ruled as lidocaine intoxication. The police ruled it a suicide from drinking a bottle of Bactine, but a Bayer employee later said the amount of lidocaine in one bottle would not be expected to produce death. The committee is seeking information from Bayer and records of communication between Bayer, the police, and FBI regarding their investigation into McCann's death. The committee asks Bayer to respond to questions about the toxicity of lidocaine and provide any relevant records.

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    March 2, 2016

    VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION


    Phillip Blake
    President
    Bayer Corporation
    100 Bayer Road
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15205-9741
    Dear Mr. Blake:
    On November 2, 2008, 16-year-old Annie McCann was found dead next to a dumpster in
    Baltimore, Maryland. 1 Following an autopsy conducted by the Office of the State Medical
    Examiner, the cause of Annies death was ruled as lidocaine intoxication. 2 However, the
    manner of death was undetermined. 3 According to the Baltimore Police Department (BPD),
    Annie committed suicide by drinking a 5-ounce bottle of Bactine, which contains lidocaine and
    is manufactured by Bayer Corporation. 4 Yet, in an email obtained by this Committee and dated
    November 4, 2009, a Bayer employee explained to Annies parents, [T]he amount of lidocaine
    in a single 5[-]ounce bottle would not be expected to produce death.
    On August 25, 2013, Annies parents presented BPD with a copy of this email. BPD
    apparently responded by asking Annies parents to have Bayer state this opinion on official
    Bayer letterhead. This Committee, which has jurisdiction and oversight responsibilities over the
    Department of Justice, has learned that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) assisted BPD
    in this investigation and may have provided support for BPDs decision to treat the case as a
    suicide rather than a homicide. Accordingly, the Committee is seeking to fully understand the
    facts and circumstances surrounding that decision.

    Police Department, Baltimore, Maryland, Criminal Investigation Division, Questionable Death CC#-098-2K00565,
    Case# 08P392 Final Office Report, [hereinafter BPD Office Report] at 1-2.
    2
    Id. at 3.
    3 Id.
    4
    Id.; see also Tom Jackman, What happened to Annie? Nov. 2, 2009, The Washington Post, available at
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/01/AR2009110102089_pf.html; Tricia Bishop,
    Father says accused teen, companion know nothing of girls death, Nov. 13, 2009, The Baltimore Sun, available at
    http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-md.mccann13nov13-story.html; Peter Hermann,
    Parents of Annie McCann say new leads in daughters death, Jan. 18, 2012, The Baltimore Sun, available at
    http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bal-parents-of-dead-virginia-girl-says-news-leads-in-case20120118-story.html.

    Phillip Blake
    Page 2 of 2

    By March 18, 2016, please provide this Committee with responses to the following:
    1. Would the amount of lidocaine in a single 5-ounce bottle of Bactine be expected
    to produce death?
    2. Did the FBI ever communicate with Bayer Corporation concerning the Annie
    McCann case? If so, please provide all records related to any such
    communications.
    3. Please provide all records related to communications between BPD and Bayer
    Corporation concerning the Annie McCann case.
    4. If Bayer Corporation has any other records related to the Annie McCann case,
    please make a representative available to discuss with Committee staff the nature
    and extent of any such records.
    Please number your responses according to their corresponding questions. Should you
    have any questions, please contact Jay Lim of my Committee staff at (202) 224-5225. Thank
    you for your attention to this matter.
    Sincerely,

    Charles E. Grassley
    Chairman
    Senate Judiciary Committee
    cc:

    The Honorable Patrick Leahy


    Ranking Member
    Senate Judiciary Committee

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