Phoenix to Seattle and Buffalo re suspect alibi verified at Carefree Inn

Document date 22 December 1971

Part 17pages 122–1232 pagesDB Cooper-4948–4949

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 17 pp. 122–123 (DB Cooper-4948–4949), Teletype, dated 22 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1463 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A122-123

NR 02 PX PLAIN 4:45AM NITEL 12-22-71 WJG TO SEATTLE (164-81) BUFFALO FROM PHOENIX (164-100) 2P

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NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE.

RE SUSPECT [REDACTED]

RECALL FROM ELMIRA, NEW YORK, RA, TO PHOENIX INSTANT DATE. ON INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] MOTEL SIX, SIX EIGHT FOUR EIGHT EAST CAMELBACK ROAD, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA STATED SUSPECT CHECKED INTO THEIR MOTEL ON NOVEMBER TWENTYTHREE LAST, STAYING FOR NIGHTS OF NOVEMBER TWENTYTHREE AND TWENTYFOUR LAST. SUSPECT APPARENTLY CHECKED OUT BEFORE TWELVE O'CLOCK CHECK OUT TIME ON [guess: twenty] [guess: five or] NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. HOWEVER, MOTEL RECORDS FAILED TO REFLECT EXACT TIMES OF SUSPECT'S CHECKING IN AND OUT.

SUSPECT'S MOTEL REGISTRATION CARD REFLECTS ADDRESS AS [REDACTED] SARASOTA, FLORIDA. RECORDS REFLECT SUSPECT TO BE DRIVING CADILLAC WITH LICENSE [REDACTED] WITH REGISTRATION STATE OF VEHICLE UNKNOWN.

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164-81-1463 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ DEC 2 2 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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PX 164-100

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ON INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] CAREFREE INN CORROPATION OFFICE, CAPEFREE, ARIZONA STATED SUBJECT CHECKED INTO ROOM [REDACTED] AT ONE TWELVE P.M. ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE LAST. RECORDS INDICATE SUSPECT CHECKED OUT ON NOVEMBER TWENTYSEVEN LAST, WITH EXACT TIME BEING UNDETERMINED. CAPEFREE INN RECORDS REFLECT SUSPECT'S ADDRESS AS [REDACTED] SARASOTA, FLORIDA, WITH HIS FIRM INDICATED AS [REDACTED] SUSPECT'S REGISTRATION CARD REFLECTS STAMP OF CREDIT CARD NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WITH NAME OF CREDIT CARD ISSUING COMPANY UNKNOWN. [REDACTED] UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF SUSPECT PAID HIS BILL BY CREDIT CARD OR CASH.

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IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIATION OF SUSPECT'S ALIBI FOR PERIOD NOVEMBER TWENTYTHREE-TWENTYSEVEN LAST, NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED IN THIS REGARD BY PHOENIX DIVISION.

PENDING.

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SWD FBI SEATTLE CL2

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DB Cooper-4949

Serials: PX 164-100, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1463