Urgent teletype Seattle to Director re body found at Grist Mill, Clark County
Document date 29 March 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-24:096-097
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-24:096-097 Document: Urgent teletype Seattle to Director re body found at Grist Mill, Clark County Id: Cooper-Part-24:096-097 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-24%3A096-097 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 24 pp. 96–97 (DB Cooper-7487–7488), Teletype, dated 29 Mar 1972, serial SE 164-81-2547 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-24%3A096-097
[URGENT] OO>
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TO: BUREAU (160-2111) [handwritten: sub [guess: 8] F E] FROM: SE (164-81) [handwritten: NORJAK]
At 3:54 p.m., 3/29/72 Clark County Sheriff's Office, Vancouver, Washington contacted Washington, Washington, after [redacted] phone call to the Sheriffs Office reporting the finding of a body at the Grist Mill located at Grist Mill Road and Spurrel Road, Highland, Washington (military coordinates ES 324-873) while they were collecting bottles. Investigation disclosed a hand and part of a torso of a body under debris at the bottom of a silo which was used to store water at the Grist Mill. 8 The body was not in the silo accidentally, but appeared to have been put there.
Clark County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Army and Bureau presently at the scene conducting active investigation to exhume body and identify.
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absolutely no release per SAC MATSON
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BU 7:12pm
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PORTLAND (ASW) - 6:25pm (FACSIMILE)
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DB Cooper-7487 164-81-2547
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NR007 SE PLAIN 7:12 PM URGENT 3/29/72 DCA TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 1P
NORJAK
RESETEL CALL TO BU INSTANT DATE.
AT THREE FIFTYFOUR PM, MARCH TWENTYNINE INSTANT, [REDACTED] CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, CONTAC- TED [REDACTED] WASHINGTON AND [REDACTED] WASH., AFTER [REDACTED] PHONE CALL TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTING THE FINDING OF A BODY AT THE GRIST MILL LOCATED AT GRIST MILL ROAD AND SPURREL ROAD, HIGHLAND, WASH., (MILITARY COORDINATES ES THREE TWO FOUR - EIGHT SEVEN THREE) WHILE THEY WERE COLLECTING BOTTLES. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED A HAND AND PART OF A TORSO OF A BODY UNDER DEBRIS AT THE BOTTOM OF A SILO WHICH WAS USED TO STORE WATER AT THE GRIST MILL. THE BODY WAS NOT IN THE SILO ACCIDENTALLY, BUT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN PUT THERE.
CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, U.S. ARMY AND BUREAU PRESENTLY AT THE SCENE CONDUCTING ACTIVE INVESTIGATION TO EXHUME BODY AND IDENTIFY. E N D SVC FBI WASH DC CLR
164-81-2547 DB Cooper-7488
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Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-2547