Judge pulls back order requiring FBI to turn over records

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A federal judge is reconsidering a deadline he set for the FBI to find records relating to the death of a Utah man's brother. <br/><br/>U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball granted

Tuesday, June 14th 2005, 12:01 pm

By: News On 6

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A federal judge is reconsidering a deadline he set for the FBI to find records relating to the death of a Utah man's brother.

U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball granted a temporary stay throwing out a Wednesday deadline set last month while he considers the FBI's request to reverse the order.

Kimball previously ruled the FBI failed to make a good-faith effort to locate records requested by Salt Lake City lawyer Jesse Trentadue. At that time, he gave the agency until June 15 to complete another search.

Trentadue is seeking records connected to the investigation of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which he believes hold clues to what happened to his brother.

Kenneth Trentadue, who had served time for bank robbery, was being held on an alleged parole violation in a federal prison in Oklahoma City when guards found him dead Aug. 21, 1995, hanging from a noose made of torn bedsheets.

Investigators say he committed suicide. However, Jesse Trentadue says the FBI mistakenly suspected his brother was part of a gang that robbed banks to fund attacks on the government, and alleges authorities killed him when things got out of hand during an interrogation.