SAC Honolulu to SAC Las Vegas re tip that Cooper died in Honolulu
Document date 7 December 1976
Part of: SAC Honolulu to SAC Las Vegas re NORJAK suspect Bryant Coffelt
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-121:287-287 Document: Airtel SAC Honolulu to SAC Las Vegas re tip that Cooper died in Honolulu Id: Cooper-Part-121:287-287 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A287-287 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 p. 287 (DB Cooper-55924), Airtel, dated 7 Dec 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A287-287
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Date: 12/7/76
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Via ___ AIRTEL ___________________ AIRMAIL (Priority)
TO: SAC, LAS VEGAS
FROM: SAC, HONOLULU (164-85) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE (Bufile: 164-2111)
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On 12/7/76, TERUO MORIGAKI, Inspector, Hawaii County Police Department, Hilo, Hawaii, advised he received a telephone call from his sister, JUNE RATIGAN, 5537 Viscount Carlson Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, telephone 736-6349, and she provided the following information:
RATIGAN stated that she had been in touch with a [redacted] in Las Vegas, telephone [redacted] and that [redacted] provided her with information concerning D. B. COOPER. According to [redacted], COOPER traveled to Hawaii after receiving the $200,000 and subsequently died in Honolulu on 6/19/76 under the name of BRYANT COFFELT.
Investigation conducted at Bureau of Vital Statistics, Honolulu, Hawaii, indicates that a BRYANT COFFELT died at Queen's Hospital on 6/19/76 due to cardiorespiratory arrest and was subsequently buried at Mililani Memorial Park. Additional information developed concerning COFFELT indicates that he was born in Missouri and had never married. COFFELT's next of kin notified at time of his death was TAVE COFFELT, a cousin, 2463 Kuhio Avenue, Apartment 1105, Honolulu. COFFELT's age at time of death listed as 59 years.
Records, Hawaii Department of Motor Vehicles, Driver's License Division, Honolulu, did not list former [text continues, cut off at bottom of page/illegible]
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2 - Las Vegas 2 - Seattle (164-81) 1 - Honolulu
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Approved: ___________________ Sent __________ M Per ___________________ Special Agent in Charge
[stamp, partially overwritten: DB COOPER-55924] GPO : 1970 O - 402-735
[handwritten annotation, partially illegible: "164-81-72..." with "Sub 869" and additional cursive notes]