MemoSeattle

SAC Seattle re records check on suspect John NMI Dettman (plate AIS 674)

Document date 7 December 1971

Part 100page 4221 pageDB Cooper-45386

Open in FBI Vault (Part 100, page 422 of the PDF)
Report a problem

Email this to [email protected]

Id: Cooper-Part-100:422-422

Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-100:422-422

Document: Memo SAC Seattle re records check on suspect John NMI Dettman (plate AIS 674)
Id: Cooper-Part-100:422-422
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-100%3A422-422

What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)?


What does the scan show?

Open in email app

A person reads every report. Corrections are made by hand, to the data — titles, dates, names, which pages belong together — never to the scans, and they can take a while to appear.

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 p. 422 (DB Cooper-45386), Memo, dated 7 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-793 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-100%3A422-422

People in this document

D.B. CooperSuspectHenry DettmanJohn Nmi Dettman
PagePart 100 p. 422DB Cooper-45386

SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 12/7/71

SA [REDACTED b6/b7C]

UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: SEATTLE

SUSPECT: JOHN NMI DETTMAN- SUB 95

---

Records of Washington State Department of Motor Vehicles as checked on December 3, 1971, revealed that Washington State License Plate #AIS 674 is registered to JOHN DETTMAN, 971 20th Avenue, Seattle, Washington. The automobile is a 1966 Buick, four-door sedan.

Washington State Driver's License records as checked on 12/3/71, showed that JOHN NMI DETTMAN maintains a current Washington State Driver's License which expires on 1/18/73. DETTMAN's driver's license number is DETTMJ958BQ. He is described as living at 971 20th Avenue, Seattle, Washington, male, 5'7", 176 lbs., DOB 1/18/05, gray eyes.

On 12/6/71, Mr. HENRY DETTMAN, JOHN DETTMAN's brother, was contacted at 971 20th Avenue, Seattle, Washington. According to HENRY DETTMAN, JOHN left the Seattle area on November 8, 1971, and is not expected to return until Spring. JOHN DETTMAN is staying in Scottsdale, Arizona, [REDACTED b6/b7C] [REDACTED b6/b7C]:

[REDACTED b6/b7C] Scottsdale, Arizona

---

3 - Seattle RDM/rse (3)

[Handwritten, bottom right:] Sub 95 164-81-793 [guess: p] 2 7

DB COOPER-45386

Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-793