Re fugitive ITSMV subject considered as Cooper suspect, with leads to Minneapolis, Sacramento and Omaha
Document date 16 April 1974
Also filed at: Part 68 pp. 287–288
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-34:174-176 Document: Airtel re fugitive ITSMV subject considered as Cooper suspect, with leads to Minneapolis, Sacramento and Omaha Id: Cooper-Part-34:174-176 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-34%3A174-176 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. 174–176 (DB Cooper-12795–12797), Airtel, dated 16 Apr 1974 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-34%3A174-176
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 4/16/74
Transmit the following in ________ (Type in plaintext or code) AIRTEL Via ________ (Priority)
TO: SAC, [REDACTED] FROM: SAC, [REDACTED] (P) SUBJECT: [REDACTED] aka - X FUGITIVE: [REDACTED] ITSMV
OO: [REDACTED] BUFILE: [REDACTED]
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Re Omaha report of SA [REDACTED] dated 2/15/74; and Omaha letters to Sacramento, dated 3/26/74 and 3/29/74.
Enclosed for Sacramento are six copies of Omaha investigative insert at Lincoln, Nebraska.
On 4/12/74 [REDACTED] Minnetonka, Minnesota, personally contacted the North Platte, Nebraska, Resident Agency. They advised that RUSSELL WALTER FINKLER had been missing from their jurisdiction since 11/[REDACTED]/73 and that on 3/31/74 his body was found near Minnetonka. They further advised that the vehicle that subject [REDACTED] stole was stolen less than two miles from where FINKLER's body was recovered and where his abandoned car was found. They further advised that the stolen Minnesota license plates found in the [REDACTED] stolen car were stolen less than two miles from the FINKLER body.
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3 - Minneapolis (1) - Seattle (164-81) (Info) 1 - [REDACTED] (Info) 1 - Indianapolis (Info) 1 - Knoxville (Info) 1 - [REDACTED] (Info) 1 - Phoenix (Info) 2 - [REDACTED] (Enc. 6) 3 - [REDACTED] (Info)
TBM:bor Approved: (17) Special Agent in charge Sent ________ M
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ APR 1 9 1974 FBI - SEATTLE
U.S.Government Printing Office: 1.72 - 455 374 DB Cooper-12795
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b6 b7C [guess: Su. J] [guess: 12 + 81 - 62/2]
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They also advised that [REDACTED] (see page 18 of referenced report) [REDACTED] Federal Narcotics Office in their area. She has a [REDACTED] in St. Paul, Minnesota. They were both contacted by the Hennepin, Minnesota, Sheriff's Office and each denied knowing subject [REDACTED] and it was their understanding that neither appeared to be very cooperative. It should be noted that the name [REDACTED] appears in subject's notebook in code.
[REDACTED] said that they wished to inter- view subject upon his apprehension to question him about FINKLER's murder.
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ADMINISTRATIVE:
On 4/12/74 [REDACTED] (Protect Identity), [REDACTED] Frontier Airlines, North Platte, Nebraska, advised that his records reflect that on [REDACTED] purchased a ticket to Minneapolis for [REDACTED] on the afternoon flight of Frontier Flight 566. This flight would have arrived about 5:00 p.m. in Omaha, Nebraska. [REDACTED] had two holding flights scheduled for the continuation of his flight to Minneapolis, Braniff Flight 250 and North Central Flight 737, both on [REDACTED] said that the passenger list for both North Central and Braniff could be checked with these respective airlines to see which flight, if any, the subject under the name [REDACTED] took.
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LEADS
MINNEAPOLIS
AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Intensify efforts to locate persons previously set out in referenced Omaha report to locate subject.
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DB Cooper-12796
[REDACTED]
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SACRAMENTO
AT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
Will furnish Omaha all reports, including copy for U. S. Attorney, Omaha, Nebraska.
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OMAHA
AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Will expeditiously ascertain if subject took Braniff Flight 250 or North Central Flight 737 on [REDACTED] b6 to Minneapolis through respective airlines. b7C
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AT ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
Will contact [REDACTED] b6 regarding subject who is parachute enthusiast. Furnish b7C [REDACTED] photograph of subject.
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AT KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
Will contact [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] regarding subject and leave photograph. b7C
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AT SIDNEY, NEBRASKA
Attempt to identify one [REDACTED] and b6 interview. At time of subject's arrest he claimed he was b7C going to Sidney to see her as she was his fiancee.
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS!
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DB Cooper-12797
Serials: SE 164-81