Los Angeles to Director and Seattle re interview of Curtis Thompson concerning Lorraine 'Tave' Coffelt
Document date 26 May 1978
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-121:141-144 Document: Teletype Los Angeles to Director and Seattle re interview of Curtis Thompson concerning Lorraine 'Tave' Coffelt Id: Cooper-Part-121:141-144 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A141-144 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 121 pp. 141–144 (DB Cooper-55696–55699), Teletype, dated 26 May 1978 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A141-144
LAO 027 RR HQ SE DE LA R 260500Z MAY 73 FM LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) (RUC) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE SEATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE BT UNCLAS NORJAK, OO: SEATTLE.
RE JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, AKA JACK BRYANT COFFELT, BRYANT ARTHUR JAMES COFFELT (TM), [redacted]
RE SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL TO LOS ANGELES MAY 23, 1978 AND LOS ANGELES TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE MAY 25, 1978.
CURTIS THOMPSON, BROTHER OF LORRAINE MURIEL COFFELT, ALSO KNOWN AS TAVE [redacted], CALI- FORNIA, TELEPHONE [redacted] INTERVIEWED AT HIS RESI- DENCE DURING EVENING OF MAY 24, 1978, IN PRESENCE [redacted] [redacted] AT WHICH TIME THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED:
THOMPSON HAS NOT SEEN TAVE COFFELT SINCE APPROXIMATELY
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1 [handwritten superscript numeral, with underline beneath 'LORRAINE MURIEL COFFELT']
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164-81-793[illegible digit] [stamp text, partially illegible, possibly "SERIALIZED"] [handwritten initials/checkmarks, illegible] MAY 25 1978 DB COOPER-55696
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PAGE TWO (LA. 164-497) U N C L A S
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MARCH 1957, AND NEVER PERSONALLY MET JACK COFFELT, ALTHOUGH HE TALKED WITH HIM ON THE TELEPHONE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. HE WAS UNABLE TO FURNISH ANY INFORMATION REGARDING COFFELT'S WHEREABOUTS DURING THE PERTINENT PERIOD. HE RECALLED THAT IN 1969, HE PURCHASED SOME PROPERTY IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, FROM TAVE, AND AT THAT TIME, SHE WAS RESIDING AT 4208 SOUTH 12TH ROAD, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.
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[REDACTED BOX] RECALLED THAT COFFELT ALLEGEDLY WORKED AT ONE TIME AT A HOSPITAL IN THE ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, AREA BUT COULD NOT REMEMBER THE NAME OR LOCATION. SHE ALSO RECALLED THAT, WHILE THE COFFELTS WERE LIVING IN THE VIRGINIA AREA, THEY WERE FRIENDLY WITH A "HEAVY SET ATTORNEY" WHO LIVED [REDACTED BOX] PREVIOUSLY INTERVIEWED). SHE STATED ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION, JACK COFFELT CALLED HER, ATTEMPTING TO BORROW MONEY.
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[REDACTED BOX] ALSO MENTIONED THAT TAVE HAS NUMEROUS BOXES CONTAINING PERSONAL PROPERTY STORED IN HER GARAGE, BUT WAS RELUCTANT TO GO THROUGH THIS MATERIAL WITHOUT TAVE'S PERMISSION.
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DB COOPER-55697
PAGE THREE (LA 164-497) U N C L A S.
SHE ALSO HAD IN HER POSSESSION THREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF COFFELT WHICH HAD BEEN SENT TO HER BY TAVE, HOWEVER, SHE WAS NOT AWARE DATE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN.
WHILE AT [REDACTED] RESIDENCE, INTERVIEWING AGENT TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED TAVE IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, AT TELE- PHONE NUMBER 538-3811, REGARDING HER PROPERTY STORED IN THE [REDACTED] GARAGE. TAVE ADVISED THAT THE BOXES DO NOT CONTAIN ANY DOCUMENTS, CANCELLED CHECKS, ETCETERA, WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH COFFELT'S WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. SHE STATED THE BOXES ONLY CONTAINED CLOTHING AND PERSONAL ITEMS. AFTER DESCRIBING PHOTOGRAPHS IN POSSESSION OF [REDACTED] TAVE STATED SHE BELIEVED THEY WERE TAKEN IN ABOUT 19[guess: 82].
DURING ABOVE CONVERSATION, TAVE WAS UNABLE TO FURNISH ANY INFORMATION REGARDING COFFELT'S WHEREABOUTS DURING THANKSGIVING 1971 OTHER THAN THEY WERE LIVING IN THE ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, AREA.
BOTH [REDACTED] STATED THAT DURING NUMEROUS TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH COFFELT, HE NEVER INDICATED
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DB COOPER-55698
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PAGE FOUR (LA 154-497) UNCLAS THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
PHOTOGRAPHS FURNISHED BY [REDACTED] BEING FORWARDED TO SEATTLE BY AIRTEL.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS. BT
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DB COOPER-55699
Serials: 164-2111, LA 154-497, LA 164-497, SE 164-81