SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle re NORJAK, Winston-Salem D.B. Cooper look-alike
Document date 22 May 1980
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Id: Cooper-Part-44:218-220
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-44:218-220 Document: Memo SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle re NORJAK, Winston-Salem D.B. Cooper look-alike Id: Cooper-Part-44:218-220 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-44%3A218-220 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 44 pp. 218–220 (DB Cooper-18068–18070), Memo, dated 22 May 1980, serial SE 164-81-8398 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-44%3A218-220
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 5/22/80
FROM : [redacted]C, CHARLOTTE (164-219) (RUC) [signature]
SUBJECT: NORJAK CAA-HIJACK (A) (00: SEATTLE)
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Re Seattle letter to Charlotte, 5/6/80.
On 2/15/80, [redacted] Rural Hall, N.C., telephone number [redacted] office telephone number [redacted] telephonically contacted the Greensboro RA of the FBI and advised that she has seen an individual who closely resembles D.B. COOPER, who parachuted out of an airplane several years ago. [redacted] stated that she [redacted] by the name of [redacted] [redacted] Winston-Salem, N.C., telephone number [redacted] who looks exactly like the photographs of D.B. COOPER she had seen on television and in the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, newspaper. She stated that the [redacted] apparently moved from either Oregon or the Seattle, Washington area approximately eight years ago to Winston-Salem. She stated that [redacted] is employed as an [redacted] with Newman-Winfrey-Van Edder in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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The following investigation was conducted by SC [redacted]
CREDIT
[redacted] Winston-Salem Credit Bureau, advised on 4/29/80, that after checking her credit records, it was determined that a file was opened in 11/74, regarding [redacted] Credit file reflects two addresses, [redacted] both Winston-Salem, N.C.
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[handwritten] 164-81-8398 SEARCHED [check] INDEXED [check] SERIALIZED [check] FILED [check] MAY 28 1980
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(Q)- Seattle 1 - Charlotte ZTL:jat (3)
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DB Cooper-18068 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Saving
CE 164-219
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Credit record reflects numerous entries, however, none were of an unsatisfactory nature.
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IDENTIFICATION
On 4/8/80, Officer [REDACTED] Forsyth County City Identification Division, Winston-Salem PD, advised that after checking his records, he was unable to locate a record identifiable with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Winston-Salem, N.C.
On the same date, [REDACTED] Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, advised that after checking his records, he was unable to locate a record identifiable with [REDACTED] Winston-Salem, N.C.
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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]
On 5/15/80, [REDACTED] was interviewed at his place of employment, Newman-Winfrey-Van Edder, Inc., 865 W. 4½ St., Winston-Salem, N.C., and furnished the following information:
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[REDACTED] moved to Winston-Salem, N.C., in the fall of 1974 after having spent all of his adult life in the Spokane, Washington area. [REDACTED] in Spokane, Washington, at the present time and moved to Winston-Salem for a better job opportunity in the [REDACTED] education is limited to that of a high school graduate. however, has obtained [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in the state of N.C. [REDACTED] was vaguely familiar with the aircraft hijacking matter which occurred in 1971 perpetrated by an individual identifying himself as D.B. COOPER, however, could provide no information regarding the incident. [REDACTED] has never been in the military service and has never parachuted out of an airplane.
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Physical observation of [REDACTED] would appear to exclude him as a suspect in this matter as [REDACTED] has a pale complexion and light brown hair, graying on the sides. [REDACTED] has blue eyes and his general appearance does not suggest that he is affluent. [REDACTED] is employed. They do not have expensive automobiles nor do they reside in an affluent neighborhood.
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DB Cooper-18069
CE 164-219
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The following description of [REDACTED] was obtained from observation and interview:
Name: [REDACTED] Race: White Sex: Male DOB: [REDACTED] POB: [REDACTED] Father: [REDACTED] Mother: [REDACTED] Portland, Oregon Sister: [REDACTED] Portland, Oregon Height: 5'10½" Weight: 180 pounds Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Complexion: Pale Education: [REDACTED] Military service: None Arrests: None admitted Residence: [REDACTED] Pfafftown, N.C. Home telephone: [REDACTED] Employment: Newman-Winfrey-Van Edder, 865 W. 4½ St., Winston-Salem, N.C. telephone 724-1503. [REDACTED] state of North Carolina Wife: [REDACTED] Children: [REDACTED]
Automobiles: [REDACTED]
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In view of the fact no additional investigation is outstanding in the Charlotte Division, this matter is being considered RUC.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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3*
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DB Cooper-18070
Serials: CE 164-219, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8398