SAC Los Angeles to Seattle re new NORJAK suspect Schuyler W. Miles, Jr., with leads to multiple offices
Document date 2 January 1973
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-115:074-078 Document: Teletype SAC Los Angeles to Seattle re new NORJAK suspect Schuyler W. Miles, Jr., with leads to multiple offices Id: Cooper-Part-115:074-078 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-115%3A074-078 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 115 pp. 74–78 (DB Cooper-52472–52476), Teletype, dated 2 Jan 1973, serial SE 164-81-4255 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-115%3A074-078
NR 027 LA PLAIN 107 PM NITEL 1-2-73 RWM SENT 1-3-72 TO SEATTLE (164-31) ST. LOUIS (164-63) SACRAMENTO (164-50) LAS VEGAS OKLAHOMA CITY FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) 5P.
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NORJAK, OO: SEATTLE.
REGARDING NEW SUSPECT.
SCHUYLER W. MILES, JR., AKA SKY MILES, SKYLER MILES, BORN 1/30/23, LIEUTENANT [REDACTED] SERGEANT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND SERGEANT [REDACTED], ALL OFFICERS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE - [REDACTED] HAVE ADVISED THAT ARTIST CONCEPTION OF HIJACKER IN DECEMBER ISSUE OF FBI LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN BEARS CLOSE RESEMBLANCE TO FORMER LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OFFICER, SKYLER MILES (PHONETIC). END PAGE ONE
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SEARCHED ......... INDEXED ........ SERIALIZED .... FILED .... JAN 3 1973 FBI - SEATTLE
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Sub 564 164-81-4255
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DB COOPER-52472
LA 164-497 PAGE TWO
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THIS DATE SERGEANT [redacted] [redacted] LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FURNISHED INFORMATION FROM PERSONNEL RECORDS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, INDICATING SCHUYLER W. MILES, JR., AKA SKY MILES EMPLOYED AS DEPUTY SHERIFF ON 5/1/50, PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE SERGEANT IN JULY, 1956 AND VOLUNTARILY RESIGNED AUGUST 1962 TO ENTER BUSINESS AT DONNER LAKE LODGE, CALIFORNIA.
MILES DESCRIBED AS GREGARIOUS, ENERGETIC AND INTELLIGENT OFFICER AND NO DEROGATIVE INFORMATION IN PERSONNEL FILE. MILES CLAIMED TO BE GRADUATE OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SCHOOL WHILE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND CHIEF AGENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION, FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, NO DATE INDICATED BUT SERGEANT [redacted] BELIEVED DURING WORLD WAR II.
SERGEANT [redacted] STATES MILES, A WHITE MALE, BORN 1/30/23, LEFT LOS ANGELES 1962 - 1963 AND BELIEVED CURRENT OWNER AND OPERATOR COTTAGE PINES LODGE, DONNER LAKE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. MILES REPORTEDLY IS PILOT AND OWNS LIGHT PLANE, ALSO BELIEVED PARACHUTIST AND DESCRIBED AS QUOTE ADVENTURESOME UNQUOTE. [redacted] STATES MILES RECENTLY OBSERVED IN LOS ANGELES DRIVING A NEW CADILLAC AND REPORTEDLY HAVING DOMESTIC PROBLEMS INCLUDING END PAGE TWO
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DB COOPER-52473
LA 164-497 PAGE THREE
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A DIVORCE OR SEPARATION FROM WIFE BELIEVED TO BE SCHOOL TEACHER. [REDACTED] NOTED PERSONNEL FILE INDICATED WIFE OF MILES IN 1954 SHOWN AS ANN CATHERINE MILES, 721 EAST BEVERLY BOULEVARD, WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OFFICERS ACQUAINTED WITH MILES BETWEEN 1950 AND 1962 STATE CLOSELY MATCHES DESCRIPTION IN MAGAZINE.
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NO PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF MILES AVAILABLE IN PERSONNEL FILE. CHECK OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES RECORDS FAILED TO REVEAL CURRENT DRIVER'S LICENSE IDENTIFIABLE WITH MILES AND POSTAL GUIDE CONTAINS NO REFERENCE TO DONNER LAKE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
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SERGEANT [REDACTED] ADVISED LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICER, SERGEANT [REDACTED] WOULD HAVE MORE CURRENT INFORMATION REGARDING MILES. [REDACTED] CURRENTLY ON VACATION AND WILL CONTACT LOS ANGELES FBI UPON RETURN.
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SACRAMENTO ASCERTAIN IF COTTAGE PINES LODGE LOCATED AT DONNER LAKE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND CONDUCT ALL LOGICAL
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DB COOPER-52474
LA 164-497 PAGE FOUR
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DISCRETE INVESTIGATION IN ATTEMPT TO: (1) ASCERTAIN WHEREABOUTS OF MILES 11/23-24/71. (2) OBTAIN ALL INFORMATION REGARDING MILES FINANCIAL SITUATION. (3) ATTEMPT TO VERIFY IF KNOWN PARACHUTIST. (4) ASCERTAIN IF MILES OWNER OF LIGHT PLANE AND LICENSED PILOT.
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LAS VEGAS AT RENO, NEVADA: CONDUCT SAME INVESTIGATION AS SET FOR SACRAMENTO AND ASCERTAIN IF MILES HOLDER OF NEVADA DRIVER'S LICENSE AS COTTAGE PINES LODGE BELIEVED IN VICINITY OF RENO, NEVADA.
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ST. LOUIS REVIEW APPROPRIATE MILITARY RECORDS TO OBTAIN BACKGROUND REGARDING MILES AND ASCERTAIN IF HE IS FORMER PARACHUTIST, NOTING HE CLAIMED POSITION AS CHIEF AGENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION.
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OKLAHOMA CITY REVIEW FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION RECORDS TO ASCERTAIN IF MILES LICENSED PILOT AND OBTAIN ALL PERTINENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION. REVIEW RECORDS UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION TO ASCERTAIN IF MILES KNOWN PARACHUTIST.
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LOS ANGELES WILL INTERVIEW SERGEANT [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND FURNISH SEATTLE COPIES OF END PAGE FOUR
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DB.COOPER-52475
LA 164-497 PAGE FIVE PHOTOGRAPH OF MILES TAKEN 1962 AS OBTAINED FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PERSONNEL FILE FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES.
UNKNOWN SUBJECT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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SWD FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB COOPER-52476
Serials: 164-31, LA 164-497, SC 164-50, SE 164-81-4255, SL 164-63