Chicago to Seattle re walk-in reporting cellmate who planned hijacking

Document date 10 November 1981

Part 46pages 178–1803 pagesDB Cooper-18977–18979

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-46:178-180

Document: Teletype Chicago to Seattle re walk-in reporting cellmate who planned hijacking
Id: Cooper-Part-46:178-180
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 46 pp. 178–180 (DB Cooper-18977–18979), Teletype, dated 10 Nov 1981 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-46%3A178-180

CG0024 3142356 RR SE DE CG R 102356Z NOV 81 FM CHICAGO (164-748) (P) (SQ.3) TO SEATTLE ROUTINE BT UNCLAS UNSUB, AKA "D.B. COOPER"; CAA-CONFIRMED HIJACKING; OO: SEATTLE.

FOR INFORMATION SEATTLE DIVISION, ON NOVEMBER 10, 1981, [REDACTED] VOLUNTARILY APPEARED AT CHICAGO OFFICE, FBI, AND ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:

[REDACTED] STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN INCARCERATED FROM [REDACTED] DURING THE LATTER PART OF HIS INCARCERATION, [REDACTED] WAS HOUSED AT THE [REDACTED] WHERE HE SHARED A CELL WITH [REDACTED] HAD CONSTANTLY PLANNED THE HIJACKING OF A COMMERCIAL JET AIRLINER FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING MONEY

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164A-81-[guess: 8595] [illegible]

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DB Cooper-18977

PAGE TWO CG 164-748 UNCLAS

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TO [REDACTED] WHO WAS ENTHRALLED WITH [REDACTED] IDEA, HAD AGREED TO ATTEMPT SUCH A CRIME. [REDACTED] HAD ORIGINALLY OBTAINED HIS HIJACKING PLAN FROM A MOVIE THE INMATES HAD WATCHED. [REDACTED] WAS SEPARATED FROM [REDACTED] IN LATE [REDACTED] AFTER THE PUBLIC REPORT OF CAPTIONED INCIDENT, [REDACTED] ATTEMPTED TO RE-ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH THEM TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIJACKING. [REDACTED] DID NOT LOCATE EITHER INDIVIDUAL, AT THAT TIME. HOWEVER, SHORTLY THEREAFTER, [REDACTED] WAS CONTACTED BY [REDACTED], FIRST NAME UNKNOWN, AND WAS TOLD TO FORGET THE ISSUE, TO DROP FURTHER ENQUIRIES. [REDACTED] FEARING FOR HIS PERSONAL SAFETY, DID NOT PURSUE HIS ATTEMPT TO LOCATE [REDACTED] HOWEVER, [REDACTED] DID DETERMINE THAT [REDACTED] IS NOW OPERATING [REDACTED] CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. [REDACTED] DESCRIBED [REDACTED] AS FOLLOWS: WHITE MALE, MEXICAN-AMERICAN, 5'7"-5'8", 145 POUNDS, POSSIBLY 44-45 YEARS OLD; INMATE NUMBER [REDACTED]; NO DISCERNIBLE ACCENT;

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DB Cooper-18978

PAGE THREE CG 164-748 UNCLAS

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WELL-EDUCATED.

[REDACTED] DESCRIBED [REDACTED] AS FOLLOWS: WHITE MALE, 5'L0"-5'11"; 165-170 POUNDS; MUSCULAR BUILD; WORE GLASSES ON OCCASION. LIGHT BROWN HAIR; CUSTOMARILY HAD MIGRAINE HEADACHES; INMATE NUMBER WAS IN [REDACTED] SERIES; AGE-26-27 (1962).

[REDACTED] IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: WHITE MALE, 5'7", 160 POUNDS; GRAY HAIR; HAZEL EYES; DOB [REDACTED] POB [REDACTED]; SSAN [REDACTED] RESIDENCE: [REDACTED] EMPLOYMENT-DAY LABORER, "JUST JOBS", 4414 NORTH BROADWAY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED SO THAT SEATTLE CAN EVALUATE. IT IS HIGHLY CONCEIVABLE THAT [REDACTED] HAS ONLY SPECULATED ON HIS ORIGINAL CONVERSATIONS WITH [REDACTED] SEATTLE SHOULD ADVISE CHICAGO APPROPRIATELY.

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DB Cooper-18979

Serials: 164-748, CG 164-748