Re NORJAK suspect inquiries at Boise, Idaho and Billings, Montana
Document date August 1975
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-36:311-315 Document: Report re NORJAK suspect inquiries at Boise, Idaho and Billings, Montana Id: Cooper-Part-36:311-315 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-36%3A311-315 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 36 pp. 311–315 (DB Cooper-13869–13873), Report, dated Aug 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-36%3A311-315
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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]
AT BOISE, IDAHO
On August 14, 1975, [REDACTED] Attorney General's Office, State of Idaho, Boise, Idaho, ad- vised that he has been conducting an investigation relative to an individual named [REDACTED] who is described as follows:
Name [REDACTED] Race White Sex Male Date of Birth [REDACTED] Height 74" Weight 210# Hair Brown Eyes Hazel Social Security [REDACTED] FBI # [REDACTED] Current Resi- dence [REDACTED] Idaho Falls, Idaho (can be contacted in care of Boise, Idaho, telephone # [REDACTED])
Vehicle 1972 Chevrolet El Camino, Idaho license [REDACTED] which vehicle is registered to [REDACTED]
Remarks [REDACTED] Grangeville, Idaho also is a pilot and flies a Cessna 310, Federal Aviation Agency [REDACTED]
Employment Presently associated with LONE STAR IN- SURANCE, Dallas, Texas
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DB Cooper-13869
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In regard to this em- ployment [REDACTED] has in- formed him that he is licensed to sell in- surance only in the state of Idaho at this time
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[REDACTED] has also travelled through numerous states including California, Florida, Minnesota, and Montana, among others.
[REDACTED] has been under suspicion in the past for [REDACTED]
Recently [REDACTED] informed him, [REDACTED] that he had information concerning the D. B. COOPER hijacking between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, in November, 1971.
[REDACTED] made reference to [REDACTED] pre- sently of Grangeville, Idaho, [REDACTED] is also possibly a [REDACTED] in Grangeville. [REDACTED] was involved in the purchase or the sale [REDACTED] in the Grangeville area, and at this time [REDACTED] is involved in a suit arising from the sale of that property.
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[REDACTED] has determined that the [REDACTED] in Grangeville, Idaho, is a white male, born [REDACTED], height 72", weight 225#, hair gray, eyes gray, Social Security [REDACTED] fingerprint classification:
[REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] also informed him of a [REDACTED] who worked for him, [REDACTED] is actually the one who told [REDACTED] of the D. B. COOPER hijacking.
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[REDACTED] determined that [REDACTED] is believed to be living in Billings, Montana, and a check with appro- priate Billings directories and authorities listed a
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DB Cooper-13870
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[REDACTED] Billings, Montana, tele- phone [REDACTED] his employment [REDACTED] The Montana Driver's License Bureau listed [REDACTED] as born [REDACTED] height 71", weight 180#. [REDACTED] employment is listed as the COMBINED INSURANCE OF CHICAGO with main office listed as 5050 Broadway, Chicago, Illinois, telephone #312-275-8000.
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[REDACTED] has also informed him, [REDACTED] of a farmer from the Payette, Idaho, and/or Ontario, Oregon, area as having been involved in this hijacking. According to [REDACTED] this farmer was later murdered in a gang-land type killing. [REDACTED] has conducted considerable investigation and has determined that no such murder of a farmer occur[red] in the period of time following the hijacking as claimed by [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] is co-owner in the Cessna 310 now being flown by [REDACTED] and also resides at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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The only known [REDACTED] concerning [REDACTED] is [REDACTED] which occurred in Idaho Falls, Idaho. [REDACTED] is described as follows:
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Race White Sex Male Date of Birth [REDACTED] Height 71" Weight 190# Hair Black Eyes Brown Social Security [REDACTED] Employment LONE STAR INSURANCE COMPANY, main office 200 Treadway, Plaza Exchange, P. O. Box #35047, Dallas, Texas, telephone #214-351-3751
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DB Cooper-13871
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[REDACTED] stated that in the past [REDACTED] had opened checking accounts in various localities throughout the State of Idaho under the names of WESTERN SERVICE COMPANY, LAHOMA MINING, BIG HORN CATTLE COMPANY, WESTERN INVESTORS COMPANY, and the GENERAL LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, all of which accounts are presently closed. [REDACTED] has never been prosecuted for check writing in the State of Idaho. [REDACTED] will seek to have [REDACTED] available for interview.
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On August 19, 1975, [REDACTED] Idaho Falls, Idaho, was interviewed in the office of [REDACTED] Attorney General's Office, State of Idaho, at which time he advised that [REDACTED] who presently resides in Billings, Montana, formerly worked for him, [REDACTED].
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Sometime after meeting [REDACTED] made reference to [REDACTED] and that [REDACTED] was from Dallas, Texas. [REDACTED] felt this was coincidental inasmuch as he was involved in the sale [REDACTED] at Grangeville, Idaho, [REDACTED] and it is from this transaction that [REDACTED] the sum of $25,000.00. [REDACTED] spoke of [REDACTED] and others being involved in the D. B. COOPER hijacking. [REDACTED] was unable to say one way or the other whether the information he received from [REDACTED] relative to the hijacking may be fact or fiction.
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In regard to the hijacking, it was his [REDACTED] understanding that the D. B. COOPER who did the hijacking was met immediately on the ground after parachuting from the airplane. [REDACTED] understood that there was a woman involved; however, it is unknown if this was [REDACTED] nor could he furnish any further information relative to the woman. [REDACTED] understands that COOPER, or the individual who did the hijacking, was murdered either at the time he reached the ground or soon thereafter. The correct identity of this person is unknown. [REDACTED] understands through conversation with [REDACTED] that it was [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] who intercepted COOPER on the ground and are the ones who received the money.
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DB Cooper-13872
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[redacted] claimed he first met [redacted] in February, 1975, when both were working for the COMBINED INSURANCE OF CHICAGO, for which company [redacted] is still employed.
[redacted] identified his present employment as being in the insurance sales for LONE STAR INSURANCE, whose head- quarters are at Dallas, Texas. [redacted] stated that [redacted] is presently driving a maroon Toronado with Montana license plates.
[redacted] recalled that actually the first talk rela- tive to D. B. COOPER which came from [redacted] was that [redacted] claimed he and [redacted] were involved in the D. B. COOPER hijacking. [redacted] also claimed that there was a farmer from the Boise Valley or the Payette, Idaho - Ontario, Oregon, area. [redacted] stated that [redacted] claimed the farmer was murdered by gunshot not long after the COOPER hijacking. Further details concerning this incident are unknown. The age of the farmer is unknown. The exact home of the farmer is unknown.
Relative to [redacted] understood that [redacted] might possibly be from New York, perhaps New York City. He recalled [redacted] saying that he, [redacted] had [redacted]
[redacted] stated his partner, [redacted] has no know- ledge of the D. B. COOPER matter.
In the event he would obtain any further informa- tion, he will contact [redacted] of the Attorney General's Office.
[redacted] stated he was doubtful of the information furnished to him through conversations with [redacted] However, he was not able to prove that the information was false.
He thought it was strange and inconceivable that an individual could parachute from an airplane and be met on the ground by others.
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DB Cooper-13873
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