Sacramento to Las Vegas and Seattle re Reno cab passenger seen near Sacramento at Thanksgiving

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Original title: Teletype Sacramento to Las Vegas and Seattle re suspect seen in Reno-Sacramento area at Thanksgiving

Document date 3 December 1971

Part 12pages 83–842 pagesDB Cooper-2725–2726

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-12:083-084

Document: Teletype Sacramento to Las Vegas and Seattle re Reno cab passenger seen near Sacramento at Thanksgiving
Id: Cooper-Part-12:083-084
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 12 pp. 83–84 (DB Cooper-2725–2726), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A083-084

NR 93 SC CODED 11:37 AM URGENT 12-3-71 LXL TO LAS VEGAS 164-69) SEATTLE (164-91) FROM SACRAMENTO (164-59) OP

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SUSP. UNKNOWN RENO. NE. CAB at 6-3[guess: 1]STATION NEAR SACRAMENTO

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UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

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ON DEC. ONE, LAST, SACRAMENTO AREA GAS STATION OWNER ADVISED A RENO, NEVADA, CAB STOPPED FOR FUEL ELEVEN AM, THANKSGIVING DAY. DRIVER ASKED DIRECTIONS TO MODESTO, CALIF. PASSENGER DESCRIBED AS WMA, THIRTYFIVE YEARS, ONE HUNDRED SIXTYFIVE POUNDS, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, DARK HAIR, HIGH FOREHEAD, CASUAL DRESS. ARTIST CONCEPTION PHOTO DESCRIBED AS RESEMBLING PASSENGER IN CAR.

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ON DEC. TWO, LAST, MODESTO CITIZEN ADVISED OBSERVED NEVADA CAR, DARK BLUE WITH LIGHT BLUE TOP, IN MODESTO TWELVE NOON, NOV. TWENTYFIVE, LAST, WHICH HAD ADVERTISING SIGN ATTACHED TO REAR OF VEHICLE AND ANOTHER SIGN ATTACHED LENGTHWISE TO ROOF OF CAR. THIS INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED PASSENGER AS HAVING GENERAL FACIAL FEATURES OF UNSUB BASED ON NEWSPAPER PHOTO. END PAGE ONE

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SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED...FILED... DEC 8 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-2725

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b6 b7C

SC 164-59

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LAS VEGAS AT RENO, DETERMINE IDENTITY OF ABOVE CAR DRIVER AND CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY PASSENGER TRANSPORTED TO MODESTO NOV. TWENTYFIVE, LAST. END

JJT FBI SEATTLE CLP

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DB Cooper-2726

Serials: 164-69, AN 164-59, SC 164-59, SD 164-91