Urgent teletype Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, Seattle and Omaha re NORJAK suspect interview

Document date 18 April 1972

Part 26pages 188–1914 pagesDB Cooper-8584–8587

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Document: Urgent teletype Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, Seattle and Omaha re NORJAK suspect interview
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 26 pp. 188–191 (DB Cooper-8584–8587), Teletype, dated 18 Apr 1972, serial 164-31-3487 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A188-191

NR 003 SU PLAIN 4:52 PM URGENT 4-18-72 GRJ TO LOS ANGELES (164-497) SEATTLE (164-81) OMAHA FROM SALT LAKE CITY (164-24) 4P

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NORJAK. RE: [REDACTED] - SUSPECT.

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RE SALT LAKE CITY TELEPHONE CALL TO LOS ANGELES INSTANT DATE.

[REDACTED] INTERVIEWED ST. GEORGE, UTAH, BY BUREAU AGENT INSTANT DATE FOLLOWING [REDACTED] TELEPHONE CALL TO CEDAR CITY RESIDENT AGENCY REQUESTING BACKGROUND CONCERNING VISIT BY BUREAU AGENTS [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA.

DURING INTERVIEW [REDACTED] APPEARED UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND HAD DIFFICULTY WITH MEMORY AND IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS. [REDACTED] CONTRADICTED HIMSELF AS TO HIS WHEREABOUTS ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR AND TWENTYFIVE LAST, STATING SEVERAL INSTANCES THAT HE WAS AT [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, THEN STATING HE WAS AT HOME, RESIDENCE NOT RECALLED, DES MOINES, IOWA; THEN HE STATED TOTALLY UNABLE TO RECALL WHEREABOUTS. [REDACTED] FURTHER AMBIGUOUS AS TO INJURED ANKLES, FIRST STATING INJURY DUE TO AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN DES MOINES, IOWA, AROUND FIRST OF YEAR, TH[EN CHANGING]

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SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ APR 1 8 1972 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-8584 164-31-3487

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SU 164-24 PAGE TWO

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STORY TO STATE INJURIES DUE TO PARACHUTE JUMP FROM AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY [REDACTED] MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MASON CITY, IOWA, APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AGO.

[REDACTED] STATED PURCHASED SIXTYNINE MERCURY MONTERY, BLACK VINYL TOP OVER WHITE BODY, NEVADA LICENSE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FROM UNKNOWN AUTOMOBILE AGENCY AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, DATE NOT RECALLED, PAID EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS BY CASHIER'S CHECK DRAWN ON BANK OF CALIFORNIA, CITY NOT RECALLED.

[REDACTED] ADMITTED PREVIOUS PARACHUTING EXPERIENCE WITH MILITARY AND IS AMATEUR; STATED HAS PARACHUTED WITH OFFICERS OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY AND OFFICERS OF MASON CITY, IOWA. [REDACTED] STATES HE SAW A DOCTOR, NAME NOT RECALLED, AT VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL, DES MOINES, IOWA, AND PRODUCED SLIP VERIFYING SAME OCCURING MARCH THIRTY LAST, NINE THIRTY A.M., IN REGARD TO HIS INJURED ANKLES. [REDACTED] DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF HIJACKING, DENIED EVER BEING IN PORTLAND, SEATTLE, OR IN STATES OF WASHINGTON OR OREGON.

[REDACTED] VOLUNTARILY SUBMITTED TO PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH INCLUDED WITH AND WITHOUT GLASSES AND A PROFILE. THESE BEING FURNISHED END PAGE TWO.

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DB Cooper-8585

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SU 164-24 PAGE THREE

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BY SEPARATE COMMUNICATION ALONG WITH FD THREE ZERO TWOS.

[REDACTED] IN POSSESSION APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH AND INTENDS DEPARTING A.M. APRIL NINETEEN NEXT FOR DES MOINES, IOWA. [REDACTED] CURRENTLY RESIDING [REDACTED] ST. GEORGE, UTAH.

[REDACTED] INDICATED OWNERSHIP OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BOTH CURRENTLY IN POSSESSION OF HIS [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA.

[REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE AMERICAN, DOB [REDACTED] [REDACTED] POB [REDACTED] SIX FEET TA ONHUR STY POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, WEARING PLAIN GLASSES, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HAS SLIGHT [REDACTED] WITH NOTICEABLE [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] LIPS NOT PROMINENT. WEARING SILVER WATCH WITH WHITE FACE AND BLACK NYLON BAND ON LEFT WRIST. ADDRESS THROUGH WHICH CAN BE REACHED - IN CARE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DES MOINES, IOWA.

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DB Cooper-8586

SU 164-24 PAGE FOUR

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SEATTLE FOLLOWING REVIEW OF ABOVE, SET FORTH ANY ADDITIONAL LEADS AND INVESTIGATION DETERMINED NECESSARY FOR ELIMINATION OF [REDACTED] AS SUSPECT.

UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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JFK FBI SEATTLE CLR

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DB Cooper-8587

Serials: 164-31-3487, LA 164-497, SE 164-81, SU 164-24

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