To SAC Seattle re Kitsap County report on escapee Roger Lee Tharaldson
Document date 26 March 1975
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Id: Cooper-Part-116:176-177
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-116:176-177 Document: Memo to SAC Seattle re Kitsap County report on escapee Roger Lee Tharaldson Id: Cooper-Part-116:176-177 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-116%3A176-177 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 116 pp. 176–177 (DB Cooper-53177–53178), Memo, dated 26 Mar 1975, serial SE 164-81-6508 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-116%3A176-177
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) DATE: 3/26/75
FROM : SA [REDACTED]
SUBJECT: NORJAK INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ROGER LEE THARALDSON, aka Thoraldson
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On 3/20/75, [REDACTED] Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, advised that above named subject, who is currently an escapee from the Monroe Reformatory, as of 3/3/75, when he failed to return from Edmonds Community College at 3:50 pm, is a good look-alike of the artist con- cept of D. B. COOPER. THARALDSON is described as follows:
Race: Caucasian Sex: Male DOB: 12/2/45 POB: Bremerton, Washington Height: 5'11" Weight: 145 lbs. Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Complexion: Fair Build: Medium Alias: RON MANTHE
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He was arrested in Bellingham, Washington in 1973 for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and was sentenced to ten years in pri- son. Whatcom County case number is 8339. THARALDSON had for- merly been under probation in Cowlitz County following a parole on 4/9/71 and his parole officer was CLARE MURRAY, Kelso, Wash- ington.
[REDACTED] advised that THARALDSON was in and around the "drop area" of the D. B. COOPER incident during the periods 1971 through 1973.
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164- 81- 6508
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DB COOPER-53177 FBI-SEATTLE
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 5010-110
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In conclusion, [REDACTED] made available a Wanted for Escape notice issued by the Washington State Reformatory pertaining to the subject and his escape on 3/3/75. This item has been placed in a 1A envelope for the file. 164-81- 1a (497)
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LEAD:
SEATTLE DIVISION
At Kelso, Washington
Locate and interview Parole Officer CLARE MURRAY regarding knowledge he may have of THARALDSON and his where- abouts during November of 1971 and possible information re- garding a photograph of the subject during this time, remembering he was parolled from a state institution on 4/9/71.
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At Bremerton, Washington
Maintain contact with [REDACTED] to determine the time and place of subject's eventual capture.
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DB COOPER-53178
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Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6508