Phoenix investigative insert re Rod Masters/Robert Lee Eichelburger (SA Lawrence)

Part 115pages 436–4383 pagesDB Cooper-52946–52948

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Id: Cooper-Part-115:436-438

Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-115:436-438

Document: Phoenix investigative insert re Rod Masters/Robert Lee Eichelburger (SA Lawrence)
Id: Cooper-Part-115:436-438
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 115 pp. 436–438 (DB Cooper-52946–52948), Report, serial SE 164-81-4972 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-115%3A436-438

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The following investigation was conducted by SA RALPH E. LAWRENCE, JR. at Phoenix, Arizona:

On July 18, 1973, Mr. MICHAEL F. GROOM, Chief Supervisor, Driver's License Records, Motor Vehicle Division, Arizona Highway Department, Phoenix, caused a search of his files which reflected the following driver's license information for a [REDACTED] [REDACTED]:

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Race: Sex: Height: Weight: Hair: Eyes: Date of Birth: Residence:

Driver's License Issued: Driver's License Number: Social Security Account Number:

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On July 26, 1973, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised she has not heard from MASTERS since she was last contacted by the FBI. She stated again that MASTERS had indicated to her he was returning to the Phoenix area in July, 1973. He had further stated he would attempt to raise enough money to travel to Europe to perform his act there for a six-week period.

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The driver's license photograph of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was shown to [REDACTED] and she indicated that she was identical to [REDACTED]

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164-81-4972 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED...G...FILED...AL... AUG 6 1973

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DB COOPER-52946

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[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] had previously received [REDACTED] Phoenix, Arizona, and that locating information on [REDACTED] might be secured at that facility.

Later in the day on July 26, 1973, [REDACTED] telephonically contacted the Phoenix Office and advised she found the address for [REDACTED], name unknown, which was [REDACTED] in Phoenix.

On July 27, 1973, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED], advised she was [REDACTED] ROD MASTERS but had [REDACTED] for approximately 13 months between [REDACTED]. She said that she last saw MASTERS in a bus station in Tampa, Florida.

[REDACTED] advised she initially met MASTERS on May 28, 1972, at which time she applied for employment [REDACTED] in his magic act. She indicated that although [REDACTED] [REDACTED] sometime in the future.

[REDACTED] stated MASTERS' true name is ROBERT LEE EICHELBURGER, and can possibly be contacted through his mother, VIRGINIA EICHELBURGER, who resides at 825 North Main Street, Urbana, Ohio.

[REDACTED] stated she is not aware of MASTERS' present whereabouts at this time, but stated he plays mostly military bases with his magic act.

[REDACTED] stated that MASTERS is heavily in debt, indicating he had borrowed $5,000.00 from someone in northern Arizona, and another $2,000.00 from a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] a friend of MASTERS' who is supposedly on the [REDACTED]

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DB COOPER-52947

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[REDACTED] advised that MASTERS was formerly in the Army but to her knowledge did not possess any parachuting experience and advised that MASTERS does not smoke, and stated that she believed MASTERS was required to wear prescription glasses.

[REDACTED] indicated that MASTERS probably would be difficult to locate but felt that he could be located over a period of time through his mother, [REDACTED] Columbus, Georgia, telephone

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[REDACTED] and might possibly be in a position to ascertain the whereabouts of MASTERS.

[REDACTED] stated that MASTERS belongs to the following magician's associations:

Armed Forces Magician's Association, care of [REDACTED] International Brotherhood of Magicians, Kenton, Ohio.

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DB COOPER-52948

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Serials: PX 164-100, SE 164-81-4972