Investigative insert re Twin Cities Auto Auction vehicle, with attached vehicle theft/recovery report
Document date 12 December 1973
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Id: Cooper-Part-34:022-024
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-34:022-024 Document: Investigative insert re Twin Cities Auto Auction vehicle, with attached vehicle theft/recovery report Id: Cooper-Part-34:022-024 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-34%3A022-024 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 34 pp. 22–24 (DB Cooper-12618–12620), Report, dated 12 Dec 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-34%3A022-024
RES:mas (1)
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The following investigation was conducted by Special Agents [redacted] at Minneapolis, Minnesota, on December 12, 1973:
[redacted] Twin Cities Auto Auction, 5410 Lakeland, Crystal, Minnesota, telephone [redacted] advised that the 1963 Lincoln, four-door, hard-top, Vehicle Identification Number [redacted] was purchased and picked up by [redacted] [redacted] New Ulm, Minnesota. [redacted] Further advised that the 1973 Minnesota License [redacted] remained attached to the 1963 Lincoln and should currently be in the possession of [redacted]
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The following individuals were shown a photo of [redacted] also known as, [redacted] at which time they advised they were not familiar with [redacted] nor do they remember ever seeing him before:
[redacted] Twin Cities Auto Auction, 5410 Lakeland, Crystal, Minnesota.
[redacted] Twin Cities Auto Auction, 5410 Lakeland, Crystal, Minnesota.
[redacted] Twin Cities Auto Auction, 5410 Lakeland, Crystal, Minnesota.
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[redacted] Minnetonka Police Department, Minnetonka, Minnesota, advised that his office is not familiar with one [redacted] that he did not recognize the photograph of [redacted] as being familiar to him, and [redacted] provided two copies of an automobile theft report for the city of Minnetonka Police Department which contained the following information:
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DB Cooper-12618
[illegible circular stamps/seals]
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[REDACTED] REG mes (2)
Make Chevrolet Model/Year 1973 Type Two-door Impala Serial Number [REDACTED] b6 Motor Number [REDACTED] b7C Color of Body Dark blue Speedometer reading 15 miles Value of car $4,650.00 Other equipment A/C Identification characteristics Village Chevrolet sticker/stock number [REDACTED]
Owner Village Chevrolet, Inc. Address 10209 [guess: Wavata] Blvd. Person reporting [REDACTED] telephone Village Chevrolet, Inc. Business: [REDACTED] Residence: [REDACTED] Dates of theft October 24, 1973, - November 15, 1973 Car was parked at Parking Lot Village Chevrolet Door was locked yes Ignition locked yes Trunk locked yes Where was owner at time of theft unknown Will owner prosecute yes Did owner permit anyone to use car no Absolute ownership GMAC yes Report received by [REDACTED] on November 17, 1973, at ten hundred hours Remarks Recovered by North Platte, Nebraska
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DB Cooper-12619
[REDACTED] Remarks (3)
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Date Recovered November 16, 1973 Impounded at [guess: Shorties] Body Shop Where discovered North Platte, Nebraska Date of notice November 17, 1973, at ten hundred hours
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Arrests [REDACTED]
by Nebraska Highway Patrol
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Signed stolen also given to Nebraska State Patrol through Hennepin County radio. Owner notified; Nebraska Highway Patrol traced the Vehicle Identification Number to Minneapolis Auto Desk; Minneapolis notified Village Chevrolet.
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11 DB Cooper-12620