Newark to Director, Seattle and St. Louis re John Emil List as possible suspect
Document date 13 December 1971
Also filed at: Part 92 pp. 141–142 · Part 103 pp. 191–192
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-15:353-354 Document: Teletype Newark to Director, Seattle and St. Louis re John Emil List as possible suspect Id: Cooper-Part-15:353-354 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A353-354 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 15 pp. 353–354 (DB Cooper-4253–4254), Teletype, dated 13 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1122 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A353-354
NR 004 NK PLAIN 401PM URGENT 12-13-71 MJK TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE (164-81) ST.LOUIS FROM NEWARK (164-196) (P) 2P
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[guess: Subj] John Emil List 203
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NORJAK
RE; NEWARK TELCALL TO BUREAU, INSTANT DATE.
IT HAS BEEN NOTED STRONG PHYSICAL RESEMBLANCE EXISTS BETWEEN ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF UNSUB, AKA D.COOPER, IN CAPTIONED MATTERNAND PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN EMIL LIST, BUREAU FUGITIVE IN UFAP- MURDER CASE (NK FILE EIGHTY EIGHT-EIGHT FOUR SIX EIGHT). FOR INFO OF SEATTLE,LIST ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLDE HIS MOTHER ,WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN IN OR AT THEIR WESTFIELD,N.J., RESISENCE ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER NINE, SEVENTY ONE. THE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED ON DECEMBER SEVEN LAST, IN THE LIST RESIDENCE, BY THE WESTFIELD,N.J.,P.D. LIST'S NINETEEN SIXTY THREE CHEVROLET WAS DISCOVERED AT KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEW YORK CITY, PARKING LOT ON DECEMBER NINE LAST, WHERE IT HAD BEEN SINCE NOVEMBER TEN LAST. LIST IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE,DOB SEPTEMBER SEVENTEEN, TWENTY FIVE;POB BAY CITY, MICHIGAN, SIX FEET
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END PAGE ONE
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164-81 -1122 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED /22 FILED /22 DEC 13 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-4253
NK -164-196 PAGE TWO
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WEIGHT ONE EIGHTY LBS., STRAIGHT,BLACK-GRAYING HAIR,MASTOID OPERATION SCAR BEHIND RIGHT EAR,COMPLEXTION FAIR, WEARS GLASSES AND IS DESCRIBED AS NEAT DRESSER. LIST SERVED INT U.S.ARMY,WW TWO, AS PFC, SN ONE SIX ONE SEVEN SEVEN ZERO THREE FOUR, AND KOREAN WAR AS SECOND LT., SN ZERO NINE SEVEN EIGHT TWO FIVE THREE. LIST HAS ACCOUNTING DEGREE, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, AND HAS VARIED BUSINESS BACKGROUND IN ACCOUNTING FIELD.
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ST. LOUIS, AT MILITARY PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER , WILL REVIEW MILITARY RECORDS OF LIST AND FURNISH SAME TO SEATTLE, NOTING PARTICULARLY ANY PARACHUTE TRAINING.
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NEWARK BY AIRTEL WILL FURNISH PHOTOS OF LIST TO SEATTLE FOR DISPLAY TO APPROPRIATE AIRLINE CREW MEMBERS IN NORJAK.
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NORJAK SUBJECT AND LIST SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. END
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VAB
FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB Cooper-4254
Serials: 164-2111, NK 164-196, NK 80-8468, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1122