SAC Butte to SAC Seattle re Sandpoint, Idaho man claiming to be D.B. Cooper
Document date 18 January 1978
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Id: Cooper-Part-118:216-217
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-118:216-217 Document: Memo SAC Butte to SAC Seattle re Sandpoint, Idaho man claiming to be D.B. Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-118:216-217 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-118%3A216-217 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 118 pp. 216–217 (DB Cooper-54302–54303), Memo, dated 18 Jan 1978, serial 150-38-9540 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-118%3A216-217
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 1/18/78
FROM : [signature/initials, illegible] SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) OO: Seattle Bufile #164-2111
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RE: [redacted/blank box]
Re Seattle letter to Butte, 12/23/77.
On 1/12/78, Detective [redacted] Sandpoint, City PD, Sandpoint, Idaho, advised that he and [redacted], also a detective with the Sandpoint City PD, interviewed [redacted] on 12/15/77. [redacted] was claiming to be D. B. COOPER and the one responsible for skyjacking the aircraft on 11/24/71 over the State of Washington. [redacted] is described as follows:
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Race White Sex Male DOB [redacted] Hair Brown Eyes Brown SSAN [redacted]
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[redacted] was accompanied by [redacted] NANCY TOWELL, nee Koslosky, a white female, DOB 6/27/52, 5' 4", 105#, blonde hair, brown eyes, SSAN 150-38-9540.
[redacted] indicated that [redacted] came into the PD and advised the officers that he was D. B. COOPER and responsible for the skyjacking. At that time, he was staying at the KANIKSU MOTEL, Room 7, in Sandpoint, Idaho. After interviewing him for a short time, Detective [redacted] recalled that he had [redacted], and at that time he was an [redacted] in Maxwell, Alabama. [redacted] was turned over to [redacted] and transported back to that facility at that time.
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[illegible signature/initials]
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(2)- Seattle 1 - Butte DEW/ddp (3)
[stamp, partially legible]: 164-81 - 7776 (approx.) REC-D [illegible] JAN 25 1978 [approx., partially legible]
DB COOPER-54302
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 5010-108-02
BT #164-26
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Detective [REDACTED] indicated that he made a long distance telephone call on 12/15/77 to [REDACTED] Dr. ROBERT D. TOWELL, Spartanburg General Hospital, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Dr. TOWELL indicated that he was a psychologist and described [REDACTED] as being [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] He further stated that he had not been in touch with [REDACTED] for some time and offered to supply him with travel expense money if it was needed. He also indicated that [REDACTED] was quite proficient in the marshal arts and had put on several demonstrations where he broke bricks and boards. Dr. TOWELL assured Detective [REDACTED] was not D. B. COOPER.
Detective [REDACTED] stated that it never came out as to where [REDACTED] was on 11/24/71. He thought, however, that it had been proven that [REDACTED] residence back East someplace. Detective [REDACTED] also indicated that [REDACTED] left Sandpoint, Idaho, on 12/16/77 leaving no forwarding address. At the time, Detective [REDACTED] indicated it appeared that [REDACTED] was residing at [REDACTED], South Carolina. He had only $17.00 to his name, and they had arrived in Sandpoint by bus. Detective [REDACTED] has no idea how they left nor where they were going.
Any leads to be set forth as a result of this information is being left to the discretion of the Office of Origin inasmuch as [REDACTED] has already been investigated as a suspect in this matter.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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Serials: 150-38-9540, 164-2111, BT 164-26, SE 164-81