SAC Little Rock to SAC Seattle re Valley Springs, Arkansas Cooper suspect lead

Document date 21 October 1988

Part 49pages 158–1592 pagesDB Cooper-20286–20287

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Id: Cooper-Part-49:158-159

Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-49:158-159

Document: Airtel SAC Little Rock to SAC Seattle re Valley Springs, Arkansas Cooper suspect lead
Id: Cooper-Part-49:158-159
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-49%3A158-159

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 49 pp. 158–159 (DB Cooper-20286–20287), Airtel, dated 21 Oct 1988, serial SE 164-81-8944 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-49%3A158-159

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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 10/21/88

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81) (SQ 5 SUPERVISOR)

FROM: SAC, LITTLE ROCK (164-22) (RUC)

SUBJECT: NORJAC OO: SEATTLE

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Re telcal from SA [REDACTED] to SSA [REDACTED] Seattle Division, 10/18/88.

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On October 17, 1988, [REDACTED] Valley Springs, [illegible] Arkansas, home phone [REDACTED] provided the following information to the FBI, Harrison RA:

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[REDACTED] advised on October 14, 1988, while watching the television program "America's Most Wanted and Unsolved Mysteries" segment on D. B. COOPER, she thought she recognized an individual whom she knew that matched the second composite drawing of D. B. COOPER on the television program.

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[REDACTED] advised at the time of D. B. COOPER's skyjacking, she was residing in Seabeck, Washington and renting her home from an individual named [REDACTED]. She advised [REDACTED] had a brother named [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and that [REDACTED] in the early 1970s, was paid [REDACTED] from a magazine on a D. B. COOPER story, including a bill with the same serial number that was taken by D. B. COOPER. [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] was later indicted in San Francisco for [REDACTED] to the magazine.

[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was the individual who matched the second composite. [REDACTED] advised at the time of the D. B. COOPER skyjacking, [REDACTED] was described as follows:

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(2) - Seattle 1 - Little Rock LRC/clb (3) Approved: [signature] [illegible] Transmitted ________ (Number)

Fu Minor M M1188 RNJ

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

164A-81-8944 [stamp] Per-[illegible] (Time) [illegible]

NOV 07 1988 0 - 193-749

DB Cooper-20286

LR 164A-22

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Race White Sex Male Height Approximately 5'6" to 5'11" (not a tall individual) Build Stocky Age Late 40s or early 50s Hair Turning gray, short-trimmed beard.

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[REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] was a paratrooper in World War II and displayed his military awards and medals in his home. [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] was involved in schemes to sell [REDACTED] and other illegal activities in the early 1970s.

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Leads are left to the discretion of the Seattle Division.

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b6 b7C

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2*

FILD . NO RAPEROUS

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DB Cooper-20287

Serials: LR 164-22, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8944