SAC Seattle to SAC Oklahoma City re NORJAK suspect William Franklin Crane and flying instructor lead

6/26/72

AIRTEL AIRMAIL

TO : SAC, OKLAHOMA CITY FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: Seattle

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On June 26, 1972, [REDACTED], Renton, Washington, provided the following information:

She is presently in the midst [REDACTED] WILLIAM FRANKLIN CRANE. She went on to state that she and [REDACTED] approximately [REDACTED] During that period of time Mr. CRANE arrived home no later than 7 p.m. every night.

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On November 24, 1971, the date of captioned incident, Mr. CRANE did not arrive home until 10 p.m. CRANE did not give [REDACTED] any explanation for his late arrival from work. CRANE remained at home on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1971, and left for work at his normal time on November 26, 1971. At approximately 7 p.m. on November 26, 1971, [REDACTED] received what she believes to be a long distance telephone call from [REDACTED] in which he stated that he would be home late because he had to pick up a friend at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

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When Mr. CRANE finally arrived home on November 26, 1971, he had with him an individual named WAYNE (LNU). [REDACTED] noticed that both [REDACTED] and WAYNE had large amounts of mud on their shoes and looked as if they had been involved in some type of physical activity. She is not certain what WAYNE was wearing, however, she believes that it was not a business suit. When [REDACTED] and WAYNE arrived they removed WAYNE's luggage from [REDACTED] automobile

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2 - Oklahoma City 2 - Seattle JTS:set (4)

Searched ___ Serialized ___ Indexed ___ Filed ___

SUSP # 422

DB COOPER-51465 [guess: Sub. 476] 11-01 [guess: 81-79]

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[guess: Susp] 422 b6 b7C

SE 164-81

however, they were very adamant about leaving one dark attache case in the trunk of the car. WAYNE spent the night at the [REDACTED] residence..and the next morning CRANE advised [REDACTED] that he had sold his private aircraft to WAYNE. CRANE went on to state that WAYNE would be leaving the Seattle area that morning and would fly the plane to Oklahoma City where he was an instructor at a flying club. WAYNE left Seattle at approximately 10 a.m. on November 27, 1971.

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[REDACTED] stated that shortly after this, Mr. CRANE began acting more nervous than usual. He became easily irritated and grew very short of temper. This condition lasted until the [REDACTED] finally separated a few months later.

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[REDACTED] provided the following description of her husband:

Name WILLIAM FRANKLIN CRANE Race White Sex Male Date of Birth 1/28/25 Height 6'1" Weight 170-180 Hair Black Eyes Brown Characteristics Wears glasses Employment Owns Autobahn, Inc., 3901 NE 4th, Renton, Washington; has interest in Aviation Enterprises, Bellevue Air Field, Bellevue, Washington; Owned and operated a biplane with side No. N29300 which was sold to WAYNE (LNU) on 11/27/71 Military experience Ex-paratrooper

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[REDACTED] described the other individual as follows:

Name WAYNE (LNU) Race White Sex Male

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DB COOPER-51466

SE 164-81

Height 5'10" Weight 180 Age 40 Hair Brown Occupation Employed as an instructor at a flying club in Oklahoma City

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LEADS

OKLAHOMA CITY At Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1. Will contact local flying clubs in an effort to locate WAYNE (LNU) who reportedly is a flying instructor and when located will interview him concerning his where- abouts on November 24, 1971.

2. If efforts to locate WAYNE through flying clubs meet with negative results, will check records of FAA to determine if aircraft with side numbers N29300 is registered to an individual in the Oklahoma City area.

SEATTLE At Bellevue, Washington

Will contact authorities at Bellevue Air Field con- cerning any information they may have on CRANE's aircraft.

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DB COOPER-51467

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