Phoenix to Seattle and San Francisco re NORJAK suspect interview and Santa Cruz lead
This copy: Part 104 pp. 342–344Also filed at Part 18 pp. 274–276 (primary)
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Phoenix to Seattle and San Francisco re suspect Edward John Ryder, Jr.
Document date 7 January 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 104 pp. 342–344 (DB Cooper-47309–47311), Teletype, dated 7 Jan 1972, serial SE 164-81-1229 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-104%3A342-344
NR 019 PX PLAIN 10:47PM NITEL 1-7-72 DLN TO: SEATTLE (164-81) SAN FRANCISCO FROM: PHOENIX (164-109)
NORJAK
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RE PHOENIX TEL.TO SEATTLE, JANUARY THREE SEVENTYTWO. RE SUSPECT EDWARD JOHN RYDER, JR., AKA DOCTOR T. CARSON. FOR INFORMATION SAN FRANCISCO, REFERENCED SUSPECT WAS CONSIDERED AS SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED MATTER IN VIEW OF THE FACT HE BEARS A STRONG RESEMBLANCE TO UNSUB, IS IN FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY, IS A PILOT, WAS OUT OF THE PHOENIX AREA AT THE TIME CAPTIONED HIJACKING WAS PERFORMED, AND IS CONSIDERED AS HAVING A GENERALLY MYTERIOUS BACKGROUND.
SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS WM, BORN TWO TWENTYONE TWENTYTWO, SIX FT. ONE AND A HALF, ONE SEVENTYEIGHT LBS., BROWN HAIR, RECEDING, BLUE EYES, SSAN ZERO ZERO SIX - ONE FOUR - ONE ZERO FIVE ZERO, RESIDES FOUR SIX ZERO FIVE E. ORANGE DRIVE, PHOENIX.
ON JANUARY SEVEN SEVENTYTWO, REFERENCED SUSPECT WAS INTER- VIEWED REGARDING HIS WHEREABOUTS AT TIME OF CAPTIONED HIJACKING. SUSPECT STATED HE WAS IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, FROM NOVEMBER END PAGE ONE
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164-81-1229 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED /113 FILED /113 JAN [guess: 8] 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-47309
PAGE TWO PX 164-100
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SIX TO NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX, SEVENTYONE. SUSPECT TRAVELLED BY AIR WEST AIRLINES BOTH TO AND FROM SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, AND WAS TO HAVE RESIDED AT THE SILVER SANDS MOTEL DURING HIS STAY IN SANTA CRUZ. THE COST OF HIS MOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS WERE SUPPOSEDLY CHARGED ON UNION OIL CO. CREDIT CARD NO. EIGHT ZERO ZERO - ZERO FOUR - THREE EIGHT FIVE.
SUSPECT STATED HE WAS IN SANTA CRUZ ON BUSINESS FOR HIS CLIENT, [REDACTED] SANTA CRUZ. SUSPECT FURTHER STATED HE HAD THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH [REDACTED] AT THEIR RESIDENCE LOCATED AT [REDACTED] TEL NO. AREA CODE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SANTA CRUZ.
SUSPECT WAS TO HAVE RETURNED TO PHOENIX ON EVENING OF NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX, SEVENTYONE, BEING PICKED UP BY [REDACTED] AT ELEVEN FORTY- FIVE PM AT SKY HARBOR AIRPORT, PHOENIX.
DURING INTERVIEW SUSPECT STATED HE HAD PARACHUTED ON ONE OCCASION WHILE IN U. S. MARINE CORPS IN NINETEEN FORTYTWO. SUSPECT ADVISED HE HAS NOT PARACHUTED SINCE HE HAS BEEN OUT OF MILITARY SERVICE. SUSPECT INDICATED HE DOES NOT SMOKE, BUT ADMITTED TO WEARING PRESCRIPTION DARK GLASSES MOST OF TIME.
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DB COOPER-47310
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PAGE THREE PX 164-100
SAN FRANCISCO AT SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, WILL, THROUGH APPROPRIATE SOURCE AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION IN AN EFFORT TO VERIFY SUSPECT'S ALIBI FOR PERIOD INVOLVED IN CAPTIONED HIJACKING.
CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS.
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RECD. 2 TELS
DCA
FBI SEATTLE CLR!
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DB COOPER-47311
Serials: JK 164-109, PX 164-100, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1229