Miami insert re Belcher Oil Company employment background inquiries (MM 164-552)

MM 164-552 PBS/pj 1

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The following investigation was conducted by Special Agent (SA) [REDACTED] on January 8, 1979, at Coral Gables, Florida:

[REDACTED], Belcher Oil Company, 2050 Coral Way, Coral Gables, Florida, made available the employment application for [REDACTED] and also furnished the following background information concerning him:

They advised [REDACTED] birth date is [REDACTED] and that he made application for employment on December 8, 1972. They advised that since the time he applied, they have known him and have always recalled him to be a bald person. They advised his application reflects that he was employed from January 1969 through 1971, at Sears, 13th Street and Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, [REDACTED] He was terminated in March 1971, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] His application reflects that he was unemployed between March 1971 and December 1971. From December of 1971 through February 1972, he was employed at Grants Store, Kendall Plaza. [REDACTED] was a [REDACTED] His application re- flects that from April through August 1972, he was a Keyes Realty [REDACTED] and a Rossman Realty [REDACTED] His file reflects that he was a United States Air Force veteran, Serial Number [REDACTED] and served from [REDACTED] He left the service with the rank of [REDACTED] and worked in the [REDACTED] listed his Social Security Account Number as [REDACTED] He listed his height as 6 feet 2 inches, weight 195 pounds, wife's name [REDACTED] residing at [REDACTED] Miami, and marital status as currently divorced. [REDACTED] salary while at Grants from December 1971 through February 1972, was listed as [REDACTED] per week.

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[REDACTED] advised that as a result of a medical form for insurance purposes filled out by [REDACTED] a confidential medical record was obtained from Veterans Administration Hospital, Linwood Division, Augusta, Georgia, dated November 1, 1973, concerning [REDACTED] This record reflected that [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] is employed as a [REDACTED] at the Belcher Company, and that he has never [REDACTED]

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11-41-8085 FEB 5 1979 FBI — SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-17009

MM 164-552 2

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been known to smoke. She described him as having light brown hair on the sides, but has been bald since the time of his employment at Belcher. She advised that in her opinion he has probably been bald for quite some time before that. She stated that in her opinion he was approximately 6 feet 2 inches tall, had a round face, and that he was always talking about schemes. She described him as one who after five minutes of conversation, the average person would realize that he is not an intelligent person. She advised that he is approximately 200 pounds and has a light fair complexion with light blue eyes. He wears regular glasses, but never sunglasses. She advised that he has been divorced from his wife for quite sometime. She further advised that during the whole time she has known him he has been [REDACTED] She advised that part of her function at the job is to handle matters associated with the credit union at the company, and she stated that [REDACTED] . She advised that [REDACTED] has a [REDACTED] , and she does not know that he lives at any particular address. She advised that she has heard other people state that [REDACTED] She further advised that from a review of his application, it reflected that he attended general insurance school during the year 1971, at 5900 S.W. 72nd Street, Miami, Florida, where [REDACTED] She further advised that she believes [REDACTED] still resides at [REDACTED] but they have been divorced for quite sometime.

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Color composite photographs of Unknown Subject (UNSUB) were displayed to both [REDACTED] and to [REDACTED] and after viewing the photographs, both advised that [REDACTED] does not look like UNSUB. Both advised that [REDACTED] is a dreamer and a fantasizer, and do not believe that he was capable of hijacking a jet liner.

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DB Cooper-17010

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