SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle re new suspect Walter C. Scherar, parachutist
Document date 9 March 1973
Report a problem
Email this to [email protected]
Id: Cooper-Part-116:018-019
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-116:018-019 Document: Memo SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle re new suspect Walter C. Scherar, parachutist Id: Cooper-Part-116:018-019 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-116%3A018-019 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
A person reads every report. Corrections are made by hand, to the data — titles, dates, names, which pages belong together — never to the scans, and they can take a while to appear.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 116 pp. 18–19 (DB Cooper-52985–52986), Memo, dated 9 Mar 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-116%3A018-019
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 3/9/73
FROM : SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK
OO: Seattle
RE: New Suspect WALTER CHARLES SCHERAR, aka William Barnes
---
Investigation at Los Angeles reveals captioned individual should be considered a possible suspect. RALPH WHITE, 1612 North Western Avenue, Hollywood, California, who has parachuted in the Los Angeles area since about 1960, has advised that the artist's conception appears similar to WALTER C. SCHERAR, whom he described as a master parachute rigger who used to reside in Lancaster, California. He stated SCHERAR was a daredevil and was from the Seattle, Washington area. He last heard of SCHERAR in 1965, and at that time understood he was involved in an alimony problem with his wife, name unknown, in Seattle. He was arrested by Sheriff's Deputies in Lancaster and extradited to Seattle.
---
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office (LASO), and Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) records reveal SCHERAR, FBI Number 493 099 2, was arrested for suspicion of robbery by the LAPD in 1950 and was arrested as a fugitive from Washington on 2/15/63. These records indicate he was extradited to Washington State on 2/20/63.
---
LAPD records indicate on 7/10/47, SCHERAR enlisted in the military and was fingerprinted at Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado. In January 1950, he was arrested with three other suspects and charged with suspicion of robbery and kidnaping. These charges were dismissed for lack of evidence.
---
Los Angeles case captioned [illegible], reveals WALTER C. SCHERAR, 730 H 12th Street, Lancaster, California, was jump master at Parasportcenter in May 1963. Sub 6/6 SCHERAR was named by Special Agent of the OSI, Edwards Air Force Base, California, as a person who arranged for theft of [illegible]
---
16 4-8/- S [illegible] SEARCHED ......... IND. ED ......... SERIALIZED ... CT FILED ... AG MAR 1 5 1973 FBI-SEATTLE
---
2 - Seattle (AM) 1 - Los Angeles crs/ksh (3)
---
DB COOPER-52985 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
LA 164-497
---
five T-10 parachutes from Edwards Air Force Base and sold them through the store at the Parasportcenter. Prosecution was declined by the U.S. Attorney as the parachutes stolen from Edwards Air Force Base contain no serial numbers and could not be identified in Federal Court as being stolen government property.
---
SCHERAR is described as follows:
Sex Male Race White Birth Data 4/11/27 or 4/11/32 Colorado Descent Austrian Height 5'10" to 6' Weight 165 pounds to 190 pounds Build Medium Hair Brown Eyes Hazel Complexion Medium Last Known Address 730 [N] .2th Street Lancaster, California (1964) Occupation Linesman Relatives SALLY and HUGH SCHERAR, parents 144 Pearl Drive Denver, Colorado Army Serial Number 17101416 Social Security Number 522-32-6600
---
FD-9 being submitted with copy of Identification Record designated for Seattle.
Seattle is requested to advise Los Angeles if SCHERAR was previously considered as a suspect and if not, conduct credit and criminal checks to ascertain if he has returned to Seattle as he was last known to live in Lancaster, California, on 1964.
---
Photographs taken in 1964 by the LASO have been requested from Archives of that agency and will be submitted by Los Angeles upon receipt. No further investigation is being conducted regarding this suspect until requested by Seattle.
---
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
DB COOPER-52986
- 2 -
Serials: LA 164-497, SE 164-81