SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle re Covina caller identifying Cooper composite
Document date 14 December 1981
Also filed at: Part 62 pp. 242–243
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-46:254-255 Document: Memo SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle re Covina caller identifying Cooper composite Id: Cooper-Part-46:254-255 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-46%3A254-255 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 46 pp. 254–255 (DB Cooper-19079–19080), Memo, dated 14 Dec 1981 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-46%3A254-255
Memorandum
To : SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81) Date 12/14/81 From : SAC, LOS ANGELES (164A-497)(C-1)
Subject: NORJACK; CAA - HIJACKING OO: Seattle
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Re Bureau teletype to all field offices dated 11/10/81.
On 11/17/81, [REDACTED] Covina, California, telephone [REDACTED] telephonically inquired regarding the possibility of a reward regarding the identity of D.B. COOPER. [REDACTED] then provided the following information:
[REDACTED] advised that she has observed an artist drawing published in the local newspaper of D.B. COOPER. She advised that the drawing strongly resembles an individual she knows as [REDACTED].
[REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] is an [REDACTED] having previously worked for Aerojet in Azusa, California. [REDACTED] sold his former residence in Covina, California, at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] approximately one year ago, and moved with his wife, [REDACTED] to Portland, Oregon.
[REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] told her before he moved that he had been involved in an accident several years ago receiving injuries to his legs, and teeth; however, he is able to walk without a noticeable limp. She thought possibly the injuries could have been received by parachuting.
She also stated that in conversation with [REDACTED] he has commented that he knows the area around the Columbia River like the back of his hand. She advised she got the impression that [REDACTED] was raised in the area. He also told her that after he had his accident, type of accident not mentioned, that he went to Vancouver, Canada, during his period of recouperation.
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(2) - Seattle (enc. 1) reg'd 1 - Los Angeles (164A/497)
JCP/ksl (3)
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164A-81-86,32 [illegible stamp] 3
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DB Cooper-19079
LA 164A-497
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[REDACTED] thought [REDACTED] to live beyond his means while living in the Covina, California, area, and mentioned that in addition to his house in Covina he also [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in the area. He also bought a new [REDACTED] just before he and his wife moved away. His house in Covina sold for approximately [REDACTED] The [REDACTED] handling the sale of the residence was [REDACTED] a Coldwell Banker Realtor, business telephone [REDACTED] and residence telephone [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] was a very meticulous individual and she described how he loaded empty boxes in his station wagon to see how they would stack and how much he could haul before he filled the boxes and moved to the Portland area. She described [REDACTED] as follows:
Sex Male Race White Height 5'8" - 5'9" Hair Brown, straight, short Facial hair None Eyes Brown Age [REDACTED]
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On November 19, 1981, a drivers license check was conducted with the California Department of Motor Vehicles which revealed that [REDACTED] white male, date of birth [REDACTED], resided at [REDACTED] Covina, California, on 6/6/79. He is described as follows:
Sex Male Height 5'8" Weight 160 pounds Hair Brown Eyes Brown California Drivers License Number [REDACTED]
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California driver's license photograph [illegible] A/Tach.eO. [REDACTED/strikethrough text partially legible: requested; due to the apparent differences in [illegible] height as reported by [REDACTED] and that listed on his California driver's license] No further investigation is being conducted by the Los Angeles Division UAC by Seattle. [strikethrough: Drivers license photograph will be forwarded to Seattle by separate communication]
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DB Cooper-19080
Serials: LA 164-497, SE 164-81