Buffalo to Phoenix and Seattle re Elmira, New York suspect's travels
Document date 21 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-17:089-092 Document: Teletype Buffalo to Phoenix and Seattle re Elmira, New York suspect's travels Id: Cooper-Part-17:089-092 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A089-092 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 17 pp. 89–92 (DB Cooper-4916–4918), Teletype, dated 21 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-7446 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A089-092
R937 BU PLAIN 11:19 PM 12-21-71 D[REDACTED] TO PHOENIX (URGENT) SEATTLE (NITEL) FROM BUFFALO (164-46) 4P
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[REDACTED], OO SEATTLE
RE [REDACTED] SUSPECT.
[REDACTED] DISAPPEARED SUDDENLY FROM ELMIRA, NY AREA MID OCTOBER SEVENTYONE AND RETURNED TO HIS HOME IN [REDACTED] NY ABOUT ONE WEEK AGO.
[REDACTED] IDENTIFIED AS SUSPECT BY PERSONS IN ELMIRA AREA WITH WHOM HE HAD WORKED ONLY BECAUSE HIS WHEREABOUTS WERE UNKNOWN, HE CLOSELY FIT AVAILABLE DESCRIPTION OF UNSUB, AND ACQUAINTANCES BELIEVED HIM CAPABLE OF INSTANT CRIME.
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[REDACTED] INTERVIEWED DEC. TWENTYONE INSTANT AND ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:
BECAUSE OF SERIOUS FINANCIAL TROUBLE HE LEFT HIS HOME ON OCT. TWELVE LAST AND DROVE TO LAS VEGAS, NEV., TO REPAY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR LOAN WITH FUNDS HE OBTAINED THRU CASHING FRAUDULENT CHECK JUST BEFORE LEAVING TOWN. AFTER STAYING IN LAS VEGAS ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF WEEKS, HE WENT TO PHOENIX, ARIZ., WHERE HE STAYED ANOTHER ONE AND ONE HALF WEEKS BEFORE RETURNING TO LAS VEGAS. HE WAS VERY DISPONDENT BECAUSE OF HIS FINANCIAL STRAITS, HEALTH PROBLEMS AND "DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN."
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HE WAS STAYING AT CAREFREE INN, ARIZONA ON THANKSGIVING NOV. TWENTYFIVE LAST AND BELIEVES HE HAD CHECKED INTO [REDACTED] PREVIOUS NIGHT. HE CHECKED OUT ABOUT NOV. TWENTYSIX L[A]ST [REDACTED]. BILL WITH ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL.
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164-81-7446 [STAMPED] SEARCHED___ INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___ FILED___ DEC 27 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
PG TWO
HE DOES NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE HE HAD BEEN STAYING IMMED- IATELY PRIOR TO CHECKING INTO CAREFREE INN ON OR ABOUT THANKS- GIVING BUT IS CERTAIN IT WAS IN THE PHOENIX SCOTTSDALE AREA. HE WAS IN AND OUT OF MANY MOTELS DURING HIS TWO MONTHS' ABSENCE FROM HOME AND MAY HAVE BEEN STAYING AT MOTEL SIXTYSIX, PHOENIX JUST BEFORE CHECKING INTO CAREFREE.
WHILE IN PHOENIX AREA HE SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME AT NORTH BANK LOUNGE, FIVE ZERO FIVE ZERO NORTH FORTIETH ST., PHOENIX AND BECAME WELL ACQUAINTED WITH ONE [REDACTED] (LNU), [REDACTED] AT THAT ESTABLISHMENT, WHOSE HOME TELEPHONE IS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HE RECALLS HAVING HAD LUNCH WITH [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] AT CAREFREE INN NOV. TWENTYSIX, LAST AND MAY HAVE SEEN HER NOV. TWENTYFOUR ALSO.
WHEN QUESTIONED IF HE HAD VISITED ANY AREA OTHER THAN LAS VEGAS AND PHOENIX, [REDACTED] STATED SOMETIME IN NOV. LAST HE WENT TO VISIT [REDACTED] CALIF., LOCATED IN VERY NORTHERN PART OF STATE, BUT UPON ARRIVAL IN THAT AREA, HE TELEPHONICALLY ASCERTAINED [REDACTED] WERE IN LAS VEGAS ON BUSINESS. HE SPOKE WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BUT DID NOT IDENTIFY HIMSELF.
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DB Cooper-4916
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PG THREE
HE STAYED AT PONDEROSA INN, REDDING, CALIF. OVERNIGHT NEAR [REDACTED] AND THEN DROVE BACK TO PHOENIX, VISITING RENO, NEV. AND LAKE TAHOE, ENROUTE.
[REDACTED] IS W/M/A, FORTYEIGHT YEARS, DOB [REDACTED] AT ELMIRA, NY, SIX FEET, ONE SIX FIVE LBS., MEDIUM BUILD, SWARTHY, ROTUND, DARK COMPLEXION, GREY HAIR PARTED ON LEFT, FULL SIDEBURNS COMING TO LOWER EAR LEVEN AND EXTENDING INTO CHEEK AREA, HAZEL EYES, ONE YEAR COLLEGE, SSAN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NY. SERVED IN USAF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN BOMBERS BUT DENIES JUMPING EXPERIENCE. HEAVY SMOKER OF BENSON AND HEDGES FILTER TIP CIGARETTES. FARSIGHTED (TWENTY/EIGHTY UNCORRECTED) AND OWNS PRESCRIPTION SUN- GLASSES AS WELL AS REGULAR EYEGLASSES. WEARING VERY RECENTLY GROWN MUSTACHE. TWELVE INCH OPERATIONAL SCAR RIGHT SIDE. NO ARRESTS KNOWN OR ADMITTED.
[REDACTED] FURNISHED SPECIMENS OF SIGNATURE AND POSED FOR PHOTOS. PHOTOS BEING FURNISHED MINNEAPOLIS, PORTLAND AND SEATTLE BY AIRTEL.
[REDACTED] RETURN TO ELMIRA AREA KNOWN TO ELMIRA PD AND EX- PECTED HE WILL BE ARRESTED ON DEC. TWENTYTWO NEXT ON STATE CHARGES END PG THREE
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DB Cooper-4917
PG FOUR RE CASHING FORGED CHECK LAST OCT. SEVENTYONE. INFO CCS BEING FURNISHED SAN FRANCISCO IN EVENT INVESTIGATION AT PHOENIX DOES NOT ELIMINATE [REDACTED] AS SUSPECT AND INVESTIGATION DESIRED AT REDDING, CALIF. PHOENIX ATTEMPT TO VERIFY [REDACTED] PRESENCE IN PHOENIX AREA AT TIME OF HIJACKING. FURTHER IDENTIFY AND INTERVIEW [REDACTED] (LNU) RE HER KNOWLEDGE OF [REDACTED] ACTIVITIES AND WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD AND TO DETERMINE IF HIS HAIR WAS ALWAYS GREY WHEN SHE KNEW HIM. AMCCS SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO, MINNEAPOLIS ,PORTLAND. UNSUB ARMED AND DANGEROUS. P. E N D FEE FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB Cooper-4918
Serials: BU 164-46, SE 164-81-7446