SAC Sacramento to Director re NORJAK suspect Rackstraw, arrest and leads
Document date 6 March 1978
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 40 pp. 375–377 (DB Cooper-15959–15961), Airtel, dated 6 Mar 1978 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-40%3A375-377
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) ATTN: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50)(P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) OO: Seattle
Enclosed for Seattle is one copy of LHM dated 2/3/78 concerning ROBERT WESLEY JONES, aka Robert Wesley [redacted] Rackstraw[redacted]Sacramento[redacted] [redacted] who was recently arrested by the New York Division and is awaiting transfer back to Stockton, California after waiving extradition. He claims RACKSTRAW is his true name and all records except birth records list him as RACKSTRAW.
Also enclosed for Seattle is one copy of RACKSTRAW's resume wherein he claims to hold Army aviator and paratrooper insignia, as well as Vietnamese paratrooper wings, and to have received training in both demolitions and underwater demolitions while in the U.S. Army.
RACKSTRAW's military record discloses he was forced to resign his first lieutenant's commission in June, 1971, and he was extremely bitter over his severance. His descrip- tion and sketch of NORJAK subject are very similar. When arrested by the FBI in February, 1978, he admitted to the arresting agent that he would be fully capable of successfully
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1 - Bureau (2) - Seattle (164-81)(Enc. 2)[handwritten annotation] 2 - San Francisco (164-220) 2 - St. Louis (164-63) 3 - Sacramento (2 - 164-50)
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED _Q__ FILED ___ MAR 8 1978
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DB Cooper-15959
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SC 164-50
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effecting the NORJAK hijacking, but denied participation and claimed he was interviewed and eliminated as a suspect by a San Francisco FBI Agent in Fort Cronkite, California in 1971.
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Photos of RACKSTRAW taken within the past three years have been sent direct to the Seattle case agent and should be returned to SA [REDACTED] at the Stockton, California RA when no longer needed.
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The day after RACKSTRAW was arrested in New York, the body of his stepfather was located in a hole in Calaveras County, California, and a murder warrant against RACKSTRAW has just been issued.
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RACKSTRAW's [REDACTED] has been located by the FBI [REDACTED] been with the suspect in November, 1971 at the time of the NORJAK and may be able to establish his whereabouts at the pertinent time.
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FBI Identification Division, Latent Fingerprint Section, is requested to compare suspect's fingerprints under FBI No. 977 973E with the NORJAK partials.
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LEADS:
SAN FRANCISCO
Will assign SA [REDACTED] to interview suspect's [REDACTED] and will search files to determine why RACKSTRAW was considered a suspect in NORJAK in 1971. Advise Seattle and Sacramento if he was interviewed and eliminated as a suspect in 1971.
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SEATTLE
Will consider RACKSTRAW as a suspect and set out other logical leads.
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ST. LOUIS
Will review RACKSTRAW's military record under SSAN 546-54-1279 and send Seattle a copy of it and will attempt to locate good copies of any 1971 photos of RACKSTRAW for the Seattle Division.
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DB Cooper-15960
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SC 164-50
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SACRAMENTO
AT STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA. Will remain alert to any clues that might arise concerning NORJAK during local investigation of RACKSTRAW on murder and theft charges.
ARMED & DANGEROUS
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3* DB Cooper-15961
Serials: 164-2111, SC 164-50, SE 164-81, SF 164-220, SL 164-63