Phoenix insert re parolee Warren David Smith as possible Cooper (PX 164-571)
Document date 21 November 1979
Also filed at: Part 96 pp. 260–261
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Part of: SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle re parolee suspect reported by probation officer
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 45 pp. 102–104 (DB Cooper-17278–17280), Report, dated 21 Nov 1979 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-45%3A102-104
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The following investigatin was conducted by SA [REDACTED] at Phoenix, Arizona:
On November 21, 1979, [REDACTED] U. S. Probation and Parole Office, Phoenix, Arizona, furnished the following information concerning the possible identity of "D. B. COOPER," the person who hijacked a Portland to Seattle Northwest Airlines jet in 1971.
[REDACTED] has been supervising a parolee named WARREN DAVID SMITH, a white male, date of birth December 2, 1916, FBI Number 977-833. SMITH is an old-time bank robber whose criminal career began in 1935.
WARREN DAVID SMITH was paroled on May 10, 1978, from his latest bank robbery conviction from the Federal Detention Center at Florence, Arizona. SMITH absconded from his parole on or about September 15, 1979, while living in Mesa, Arizona.
In November, 1979, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] read a recent newspaper article recalling the anniversary of the Northwest Airline hijacking in the State of Washington.
[REDACTED] recalled after reading the article, [REDACTED] which she had read and remembered the name "D. B. COOPER."
The [REDACTED] are dated April 3rd and April 17th respectively and were apparently received by WARREN DAVID SMITH in April, 1978, prior to his parole from the Federal Detention Center at Florence.
[REDACTED] told [REDACTED] were signed "JACK" and were written by another convict whose true name is HOWARD HUBBEL (phonetic), who uses the alias, "JACK HUBBEL."
[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] were found in an envelope bearing the return address and name of a third prisoner, who at the time was incarcerated at Folsom Prison in California. The envelope bore the name [REDACTED] and also located in the same envelope was a Xerox copy of an earlier newspaper item detailing the events of the hijacking.
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DB Cooper-17278 [handwritten] 11 - [illegible] - 8191
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[REDACTED] was told by [REDACTED] that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] whom he married in Dayton, Washington, on [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] were raised in the Walla Walla, Washington, area.
According to HUBBEL's [REDACTED] told HUBBEL that [REDACTED] pulled off the hijacking. [REDACTED] further indicated [REDACTED] has used the alias D. B. COOPER a number of times when registering at motels.
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On November 21, 1979, [REDACTED] was tele- phonically contacted by SA JOSEPH C. KELLY in an effort to obtain [REDACTED] later turned the documents over to the FBI on November 28, 1979.
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[REDACTED] has indicated to [REDACTED] and the FBI that she is extremely fearful [REDACTED]. She advised WARREN DAVID SMITH had [REDACTED] about the time he absconded from supervision in September, 1979.
On December 5, 1979 [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] told him that [REDACTED] is believed to be accompanied by [REDACTED] who escaped from the Folsom Prison approxi- mately three months ago and is believed to be in the southern California area.
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On December 6, 1979, [REDACTED] telephonically advised she believes HUBBEL was incarcerated at a minimum security facility at Fort Worth, Texas, when [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] said she [REDACTED] in the past accompanied by [REDACTED] and is now believed to be living in the Portland, Oregon, area. [REDACTED] does not recall ever [REDACTED] mention the hijacking incident and does not know whether or not HUBBEL's [REDACTED] contain the information or a hoax.
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DB Cooper-17279
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The following investigatin was conducted by SA [REDACTED] at Phoenix, Arizona:
On November 21, 1979, [REDACTED] U. S. Probation and Parole Office, Phoenix, Arizona, furnished the following information concerning the possible identity of "D. B. COOPER," the person who hijacked a Portland to Seattle Northwest Airlines jet in 1971.
[REDACTED] has been supervising a parolee named WARREN DAVID SMITH, a white male, date of birth December 2, 1916, FBI Number 977-833. SMITH is an old-time bank robber whose criminal career began in 1935.
WARREN DAVID SMITH was paroled on May 10, 1978, from his latest bank robbery conviction from the Federal Detention Center at Florence, Arizona. SMITH absconded from his parole on or about September 15, 1979, while living in Mesa, Arizona.
In November, 1979, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] read a recent newspaper article recalling the anniversary of the Northwest Airline hijacking in the State of Washington.
[REDACTED] recalled after reading the article, [REDACTED] which she had read and remembered the name "D. B. COOPER."
The [REDACTED] are dated April 3rd and April 17th respectively and were apparently received by WARREN DAVID SMITH in April, 1978, prior to his parole from the Federal Detention Center at Florence.
[REDACTED] told [REDACTED] were signed "JACK" and were written by another convict whose true name is HOWARD HUBBEL (phonetic), who uses the alias, "JACK HUBBEL."
[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] were found in an envelope bearing the return address and name of a third prisoner, who at the time was incarcerated at Folsom Prison in California. The envelope bore the name [REDACTED] and also located in the same envelope was a Xerox copy of an earlier newspaper item detailing the events of the hijacking.
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DB Cooper-17280
Serials: PX 164-571