To SAC Seattle re $20 bill with ransom serial number cashed at gas station

Document date 23 January 1973

Part 115page 2241 pageDB Cooper-5270

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Document: Memo to SAC Seattle re $20 bill with ransom serial number cashed at gas station
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 115 p. 224 (DB Cooper-5270), Memo, dated 23 Jan 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-115%3A224-224

SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 1/23/73

SA [REDACTED] b6 b7C Sub 582 NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

RE: UNSUB, $20 Bill cashed at Gas Station with Ransom Serial Number

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On 1/12/73 SA [REDACTED] advised b6 that his office had received a call from [REDACTED] b7C concerning a $20 bill whose serial number appeared to be altered. The altered serial number appeared in the list of D. B. COOPER Ransom Bills.

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On 1/12/73 [REDACTED], PON b6 BOISONEAU's Chevron, 2409 E. Helen, Telephone EA 2-8230, b7C advised he waited on a customer on 1/11/73 who paid for her purchase with a $20 bill with an altered serial number. [REDACTED] stated the transaction took place at 6:30 PM and the person passing the $20 bill was a White female American, 22 - 25 years old, 5'5" tall, dark brown hair, quite long, wearing blue jeans with designs on them, driving a [REDACTED] dark gray in color. [REDACTED] advised he thought the car had local plates. The girl purchased $5.10 worth of gas and paid for it with a $20.00 bill and a dime. [REDACTED] stated he could recognize her if he saw her again and that the transaction took approximately five minutes. [REDACTED] stated he had a conversation with the girl concerning the year of [REDACTED] and during that conversation learned that the car did not belong to the girl, but was a friend's car.

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The serial number on the bill was L51279635A, Series 69. The digits 635 were cut out and replaced with a $1.00 bill having digits 635. The altered serial number appears in the D. B. COOPER ransom list.

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3 - Seattle RNN/rse (3) SEARCHED........INDEXED........ SERIALIZED.......FILED........ JAN 23 1973 FBI-SEATTLE

DB COOPER-5270[6]

Serials: SE 164-81

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