Denver to Seattle re suspect Donald E. Turner of Riverton, Wyoming

Document date 1 December 1971

Part 100pages 234–2363 pagesDB Cooper-45182–45183

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Document: Teletype Denver to Seattle re suspect Donald E. Turner of Riverton, Wyoming
Id: Cooper-Part-100:234-236
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 pp. 234–236 (DB Cooper-45182–45183), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-390 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-100%3A234-236

RR007 DN PLAIN 5:11 PM NITEL 12-1-71 JSG TO: SEATTLE FROM: DENVER (164-98) 3P

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND - SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

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ON DEC. ONE, INSTANT, [REDACTED], RIVERTON, WYOMING, SUGGESTED ONE DONALD E. TURNER AS POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED CASE. [REDACTED] ADVISED TURNER IS PRIVATE PILOT, HELICOPTER PILOT, HAS BACKGROUND IN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, IS HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, KNOWS THE WEST COAST AREA AND ALLEGEDLY AT ONE TIME WAS EMPLOYED IN PILOTING AIRCRAFT IN FIRE FIGHTING CONTROL. [REDACTED] ADVISED TURNER [guess: WAS] IN THE BASIN AND WORLAND, WYOMING AREAS DURING SUMMER OF SEVENTY, EMPLOYED BY HAWKINS AND POWELL AVIATION AT GREYBULL, WYOMING, DURING WHICH TIME TURNER END PAGE ONE

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164-81-390 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED DEC [illegible] 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-45182

DN 164-98 PAGE TWO

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[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT AFTER TURNER LEFT WYOMING, HE MOVED TO TWISP, WASHINGTON, AND OPERATED VALLEY HELICOPTER, INC., BOX FIVE ZERO FIVE, TWISP, WASHINGTON. [REDACTED] SUGGESTED CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED], DENVER. INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] DETERMINED THAT TURNER IS NATIVE OF MOBILE, ALABAMA, HIS FATHER H. E. TURNER RESIDES ONE NINE FIVE EIGHT COLLEGE COURT, MOBILE, AND TURNER FORMERLY RESIDED ONE ZERO THREE CORNFLOWER AVENUE, MOBILE, LA. CREDIT APPLICATION BY TURNER LISTED CREDIT REFERENCES AS GMAC, WETHERBEE FURNITURE AND GAYFERS, ALL MOBILE, AND LISTED PRIOR EMPLOYMENT AS GULF COAST AIR MOTIVE. END PAGE TWO

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DB COOPER-45183

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[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] IN SEATTLE, WASH., HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CONTACTS WITH TURNER AT TWISP, WASH., CONCERNING [REDACTED] AND TURNER LAST CONTACTED AT TWI,2- .,9-0049/8.ATELY SEPT. TWENTY, LAST, AND TURNER DISAPPEARED FROM TWISP SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

[REDACTED] SUGGESTED CONTACT WITH [REDACTED], SEATTLE, TELEPHONE [REDACTED], WHO CAN FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING [REDACTED].

NEITHER [REDACTED] COULD FURNISH ADEQUATE DESCRIPTION OF TURNER.

SEATTLE CONDUCT INVESTIGATION REGARDING TURNER AS POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER. P.

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CONTACTED AT TWISP, WASH., ON APPROXIMATELY SEPT. TWENTY,

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Serials: DN 164-98, SE 164-81-390