SAC Butte to SAC Minneapolis re Arnold Shephard and Hollis Coon Dodge Van sighting
Document date 13 July 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-112:503-506 Document: Memo SAC Butte to SAC Minneapolis re Arnold Shephard and Hollis Coon Dodge Van sighting Id: Cooper-Part-112:503-506 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A503-506 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 112 pp. 503–506 (DB Cooper-5138, DB Cooper-51388, DB Cooper-51389, DB Cooper-51390), Memo, dated 13 Jul 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A503-506
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS 7/13/72
SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (P)
NORJAK OO: Seattle
RE ARNOLD SHEPHARD
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For the information of Seattle and Minneapolis, at 9:50 a.m., 4/11/72, HOLLIS COON, 653 South Idaho, Butte, Montana, telephone #792-0017, and school teacher at the East Junior High School, telephonically advised as follows:
On or about 11/11/71, or 12/71, he observed a vehicle parked on South Idaho Street, behind the RADIO ENGINEERING AND SERVICE COMPANY. This vehicle was a Dodge Van, which pulled in sometime before 5:00 p.m., on 11/11 or 12/71. He was curious as he wondered if these people who had the van were in trouble. He knocked on the door of the van and a man and his wife, who were in the van, said their vehicle had broken down, but they were on their way to the Wise River, Montana, area to do some hunting.
As he recalls, it was a 1970 or 1971, green and white license believed to be from the State of Minnesota. Inside the van was a large green motorcycle.
After reading about the recent hijacking of the airplane, whereby the individual had parachuted near Provo, Utah, he told his wife upon recollection that the people they had observed in the van in 11/71, could conceivably have something to do with the hijacking over in the State of Washington, in that the motorcycle would be an easy method of escape after a person had parachuted from an airplane.
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2 - Minneapolis 1 - Seattle (164-81) (Info.) 2 - Butte VBS/nmw (5)
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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED/M FILED [illegible] JUL 08 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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[guess: Sub] [illegible] 466 164-81 - [illegible]
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DB COOPER 5138
BT #164-26
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He now recalls that the man he talked with in the van looked very much like the composite drawing of D. B. COOPER when he first saw it published in a Great Falls, Montana, newspaper.
These unknown individuals informed him they were going to Wise River, Montana, to make contact with the owner of the bar at Wise River to arrange a hunting trip.
The vehicle had mechanical trouble in Butte, Montana, and as a result they had parked it off Montana Street and were going to be getting it fixed at WILSON MOTORS.
It is his recollection that they left around noon on what would possibly be Monday, 11/15/71, and he assumes that the vehicle was repaired.
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The man is described as follows:
Sex Male Race White Age 35 years Height 5' 7" - 5' 9" Weight 150# Build Slender Clothing Red plaid shirt
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The man's wife was described as follows:
Sex Race Age Height Characteristics
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DB COOPER 51388
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BT #164-26
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The lady spoke of having [REDACTED] school believed to be in Minnesota.
He had never seen these people before and during their conversations, no names were mentioned or furnished.
The individuals were not apprehensive in any manner when they talked to him and to his knowledge they had no contact with anyone in the neighborhood in the par- ticular area on South Idaho Street while the van was parked in that area.
HOLLIS advised he has a brother and sister-in-law who live on a farm near [REDACTED] Washington, where the FBI Agents and the Army were recently searching for the Unsub.
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HOLLIS stated that because of the recent hijacking of his recollection of these people, he wished to report this information to the FBI, but he could furnish no further specific information.
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On 4/25/72, [REDACTED] WILSON's PLYMOUTH GARAGE, Butte, Montana, advised that on 11/15/71, ARNOLD SHEPHARD brought a 1970 Dodge A100 van truck license #3EM-160 (state unknown) into the garage for repair of a starter and "U" joint. [REDACTED] was displayed a composite drawing of the Unsub in this case and he stated that to his knowledge, this did not resemble the SHEPHARD that came into the garage on 11/15/71. [REDACTED] stated SHEPHARD had a much broader nose and that he was approximately 5' 1" in height.
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On 5/3/72, HOLLIS COON, 653 South Idaho Street, was contacted and again stated previously recorded information as set out above.
COON again reiterated that he believed the license plate on the van that he observed on 11/11/71, or 11/12/71, was green and white and quite possibly could have been a Minnesota license. COON further advised that in his discussion
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DB COOPER-51389
BT #164-26
with the individual in the Dodge Van, this individual mentioned that he and his wife were going to Wise River, Montana, on a hunting trip.
On 6/11/72, [REDACTED] WISE RIVER BAR, Wise River, Montana, was advised that an in- dividual known as ARNOLD SHEPHARD was unknown to her but that she would make local inquiry to determine if SHEPHARD was known in the area.
On 7/11/72, [REDACTED] was recontacted and advised that she had been unable to learn of any information regarding SHEPHARD.
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LEAD
MINNEAPOLIS DIVISION
AT ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
At Minnesota DMV determine if a 1970 Dodge A100 Van truck license #3EM-160 is registered to ARNOLD SHEPHARD and if so set out lead to interview SHEPHARD and determine if SHEPHARD resembles composite drawing of Unsub and if SHEPHARD can account for his whereabouts on 11/24/71, when captioned hijacking occurred.
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