SAC WFO to Director, Attn Latent Fingerprint Section, re newspaper for latent examination in Cooper case
Document date 7 July 1980
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-45:396-397 Document: Airtel SAC WFO to Director, Attn Latent Fingerprint Section, re newspaper for latent examination in Cooper case Id: Cooper-Part-45:396-397 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-45%3A396-397 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 45 pp. 396–397 (DB Cooper-18726–18727), Airtel, dated 7 Jul 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-45%3A396-397
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI ATTN: LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION FROM: SAC, WFO (164-301)
UNSUB, aka D.B. COOPER; CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT
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On 6/26/80, an individual known as [REDACTED] Officers Service Club, Washington, D.C. (WDC) telephonically contacted the Washington Field Office (WFO) regarding an individual known as [REDACTED] who currently resides at the club.
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[REDACTED] described [REDACTED] as 45-50 years old, 5'11" to 6' tall, medium build, excellent physical condition and until recently wearing a beard. [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] is an avid woodsman and purported paratrooper. [REDACTED] keeps to himself and it is unknown where he goes each day, however, it is believed he is unemployed.
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A photograph of several composite drawings were shown to [REDACTED] and revealed that the basic facial characteristics and hair line of [REDACTED] are similar to the photographs.
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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] has $900 per month wired to the D.C. National Bank, WDC, of which $250 is deducted for his rent. The remaining $650 is cashed by [REDACTED] and given to [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] has indicated that [REDACTED] is afraid of the FBI and has shown great interest in the recent discovery of $3,000 of the original D.B. COOPER money found in the state of Washington.
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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] purchases a newspaper each morning and after reading it, leaves it in the lobby area of the club.
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3-Bureau 1-WFO
RFQ:pep (4)
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164-301-[illegible]
[stamp] 104-81-[guess: 85] [illegible]
SEARCHED [checkmark] INDEXED SERIALIZED [checkmark] [guess: FD] OCT 1 9 1980
DB Cooper-18726
[illegible header line] WFO [illegible]
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WFO requests latent fingerprint examination be conducted on the enclosed newspaper, which was purchased and handled by [REDACTED]. Latent newspaper prints should be compared to latent prints resulting from the original D.B. COOPER investigation. In addition, a comparison of all latent prints should be compared to those of [REDACTED] DOB: [REDACTED] FBI [REDACTED]
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SINCE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE CONCERNING THE TRUE IDENTITY OF [REDACTED] EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING OF THE ENCLOSED LATENT PRINTS IS REQUESTED.
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DB Cooper-18727
Serials: 164-301