Los Angeles to Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis re suspect John H. Marler

This copy: Part 103 pp. 395–396Also filed at Part 92 pp. 187–188 (primary)

This copy’s own title

Los Angeles to Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis re NORJAK suspect Marler

Document date 22 December 1971

Part 103pages 395–3962 pagesDB Cooper-46858–46859

Another copy of this document is the primary, most legible copy: Part 92 pp. 187–188.

Copies may differ in what was redacted.

Open in FBI Vault (Part 103, page 395 of the PDF)
Report a problem

Email this to [email protected]

Id: Cooper-Part-103:395-396

Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-103:395-396

Document: Teletype Los Angeles to Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis re NORJAK suspect Marler
Id: Cooper-Part-103:395-396
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-103%3A395-396

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 103 pp. 395–396 (DB Cooper-46858–46859), Teletype, dated 22 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-103%3A395-396

NR 008 LA PLAIN 5:33 PM NITEL 12-22-71 LRS TO SEATTLE (164-81) PORTLAND (164-41) MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) 2P

---

NORJAK.

---

RE SUSPECT JOHN NEAL MARLER, AKA JOHN HENRY MARLIN, JOHN GALVAN DOUGLAS.

REVIEW OF BANK ROBBERY SUSPECTS IN LOS ANGELES DIVISION REVEALS CAPTIONED PERSON SHOULD BE CONSIDERED POSSIBLE SUSPECT THIS MATTER. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (CDC), BULLETIN NUMBER SEVENTY ONE/FIVE ONE DL, INDICATES MARLER ESCAPED JULY ELEVEN, LAST, FROM CUSTODY CDC. HE IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE, AGE FORTY FOUR, BORN NOVEMBER TWENTY, NINETEEN TWENTY SIX, PROSSER, WASHINGTON, BROWN HAIR, BLUE EYES, SIX FEET, ONE NINETY POUNDS, MEDIUM BUILD, RUDDY COMPLEXION, PILOT (OCCUPATION), TATTOO: PARATROOPER EMBLEM ON LEFT FOREARM, FBI NUMBER FOUR FIVE SIX ONE EIGHT NINE FOUR. END PAGE ONE .

---

Sub. 251 164-81- [illegible] SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ DEC 22 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

---

DB COOPER-46858

LA 164-497 PAGE TWO

---

IN NINETEEN SIXTY, MARLER SUBJECT IN LOS ANGELES CASE CAPTIONED "JOHN H. MARLER, AKA, ITSMV, LOS ANGELES FILE TWENTY SIX - TWO SEVEN FOUR THREE EIGHT; SEATTLE FILE TWENTY SIX - ONE FOUR ONE TWO FIVE."

ABOVE FILE REVEALS MARLER'S MOTHER AND STEPFATHER RESIDED IN SEATTLE AND IN NINETEEN SIXTY, SUBJECT HAD SEATTLE ADDRESS.

HE HAS OWNED AIRPLANES AND IN NINETEEN SIXTY, ABANDONED STOLEN VEHICLE AT SEATTLE, TACOMA, AIRPORT. APPEARS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.

EXCELLENT PHOTO OF MARLER AVAILABLE IN CDC FILE.

PHOTOS BEING FORWARDED REGISTERED AIRMAIL THIS DATE FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES TO ASCERTAIN IF MARLER SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LOGICAL SUSPECT.

IN VIEW OF FUGITIVE STATUS AS ESCAPEE WANTED BY STATE OF CALIFORNIA, NO ADDITIONAL LEADS BEING SET FORTH AT THIS TIME, AS MARLER'S WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN.

MARLER SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS, AS HE REPORTEDLY ARMED WITH A THIRTY EIGHT CALIBER REVOLVER AND TWENTY TWO PISTOL IN THE PAST.

END

---

DB COOPER-46859

Serials: LA 164-497, MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81