Seattle to Los Angeles re suspect Nelson Roland Fortier, Sepulveda lead

Document date 6 December 1971

Part 100pages 417–4182 pagesDB Cooper-45380–45381

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Document: Teletype Seattle to Los Angeles re suspect Nelson Roland Fortier, Sepulveda lead
Id: Cooper-Part-100:417-418
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-100%3A417-418

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 pp. 417–418 (DB Cooper-45380–45381), Teletype, dated 6 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-751 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-100%3A417-418

NR 006 SE PLAINTEXT 6:05 PM U R G E N T 12/6/71 TIM TO LOS ANGELES FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P

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UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

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RE MINNEAPOLIS NITEL TO BUREAU DECEMBER TWO, SEVENTYONE. . RE: NELSON ROLAND FORTIER.

SUSPECT FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES AT SEATTLE AS MECHANIC AND FLIGHT ENGINEER. LAID OFF APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS AGO. DESCRIBED AS WHITE, MALE, DOB FEBRUARY TWENTYFOUR, TWENTYTHREE, FIVE FEET SEVEN INCHES, DARK BROWN HAIR, AND BROWN EYES.

SUSPECT'S WIFE ADVISED ON DECEMBER SIX, SEVENTYONE, THAT SUSPECT LEFT SEATTLE AREA TWO WEEKS AGO AND IS NOW EMPLOYED BY DIVIL SERVICE AS AN APPRAISER OF EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE IN LOS ANGELES AREA. HE IS STAYING AT THE CHASE HOUSE MOTEL, SEPULVEDA, CALIF- ORNIA, PHONE TWO ONE THREE DASH EIGHT NINE FOUR DASH FIVE SEVEN TWO ONE. MRS. FORTIER EXPECTS HIM TO RETURN TO SEATTLE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. END OF PAGE ONE

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sub 94 164-81- 751

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DB COOPER-45380

PAGE TWO SE 164-81

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LOS ANGELES AT SEPULVEDA, CALIFORNIA. WILL DISCREETLY DETERMINE THE WHEREABOUTS OF THIS SUSPECT ON THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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HOLD FOR FOUR TELS

GLD FBI LOS ANGELES

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DB COOPER-45381

Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-751