SAC Seattle to Director (Identification Division) re major case prints of John Richard Merit
Document date 13 August 1976
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Id: Cooper-Part-119:356-357
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-119:356-357 Document: Airtel SAC Seattle to Director (Identification Division) re major case prints of John Richard Merit Id: Cooper-Part-119:356-357 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-119%3A356-357 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 119 pp. 356–357 (DB Cooper-54912–54913), Airtel, dated 13 Aug 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-119%3A356-357
8/13/76
AIRTEL
TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) (ATTN: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION)
FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT : NORJAK OO: SE
RE: JOHN RICHARD MERIT - SUB #811
For the information of the Identification Division, MERIT is being considered a suspect in above captioned matter because of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Kansas, [REDACTED] (protect), advised that MERIT had approached him with a plan to hijack an airplane and ransom 70 to 80 passengers for a substantial amount of money. [REDACTED] stated he arrived [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and at the time he arrived MERIT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] stated MERIT was [REDACTED] sometime in 1971.
The following is a description of MERIT:
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The following is a description of MERIT:
Name: JOHN RICHARD MERIT Alias: Lavell McKinney, J. R. Merrick, R. Merriman, John D. Roadcap Race: Caucasian Sex: Male DOB: 12/3/31 POB: Los Angeles, California Height: 73" Weight: 195 lbs. Complexion: Ruddy Eyes: Green Hair: Black
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4 - Bureau 3 - Seattle RNN/[illegible initials] (5) [handwritten, illegible]
[blank redacted box]
DB COOPER-54912
Sub 811 164-81-7693
[illegible stamp, possibly "Serialized"] [illegible stamp, possibly "Indexed"] [illegible stamp, possibly "Filed"]
SE 164-81
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Build: SSAN: FBI#:
Stocky 551-32-0942 462 249D
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REQUEST OF THE BUREAU:
Identification Division is requested to compare MERIT's fingerprints with NORJAK partials and determine if he is possibly identical with Unsub in this matter.
UNSUB IS ARMED & DANGEROUS; MERIT IS POTENTIALLY SUICIDAL.
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DB COOPER-54913
Serials: 164-2111, 551-32-0942, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7693