Los Angeles to Seattle, Portland and Sacramento re Rackstraw fingerprints

Document date 3 February 1979

Part 40pages 400–4012 pagesDB Cooper-16028–16029

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-40:400-401

Document: Teletype Los Angeles to Seattle, Portland and Sacramento re Rackstraw fingerprints
Id: Cooper-Part-40:400-401
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-40%3A400-401

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 40 pp. 400–401 (DB Cooper-16028–16029), Teletype, dated 3 Feb 1979, serial SE 164-81-6047 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-40%3A400-401

1A0050 2SC1853 FM SE PP SC DE LA R 051537Z FE3 79FM LOS ANGELES (164-497) TO SEATTLE (164-[guess: 91]) ROUTINE PORTLAND (164-41) ROUTINE SACRAMENTO ROUTINE BT UNCLAS

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Sub 933

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NORJAK (A), OO: SEATTLE, PUFILE 164-2111.

RE PORTLAND TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES FEBRUARY 3, 1979.

FOR INFORMATION OF SACRAMENTO, PORTLAND ADVISED IS RE TELETYPE THAT FOREST WESLEY BACKSTRAW HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER. BACKSTRAW IS CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE IN CUSTODY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA.

BACKSTRAW WAS RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF A [REDACTED] (PH), SAN JOAQUIN SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FOR RETURN TO STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

SACRAMENTO AT STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, WILL CONTACT LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MAJOR CASE FINGERPRINTS OF

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Sub 933 164-81-6047 FEB 05 (37)

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DB Cooper-16028

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PAGE TWO (LA 164-497) UNCLAS FACYSTFAM, INCLUDING PALM PRINTS, AND FORWARD SAME IMMEDIATELY TO FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION FOR COMPARISON WITH UNIDENTIFIED LATENT FINGERPRINT IMPRESSIONS DEVELOPED IN THE HIJACKED AIR- CRAFT IN THIS MATTER.

ARMED, AND DANGEROUS. BT

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5361597 SF 1

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DB Cooper-16029

Serials: 164-2111, LA 164-497, PD 164-41, SD 164-91, SE 164-81-6047