To SAC Seattle re re-contact of informant and brothers in Tacoma regarding Cooper suspect

Document date 23 February 1989

Part 49pages 206–2072 pagesDB Cooper-20344–20345

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Document: Memo to SAC Seattle re re-contact of informant and brothers in Tacoma regarding Cooper suspect
Id: Cooper-Part-49:206-207
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 49 pp. 206–207 (DB Cooper-20344–20345), Memo, dated 23 Feb 1989, serial SE 164-81-8958 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-49%3A206-207

Memorandum

To : SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81) (P) Date 2/23/89

From : SA [REDACTED].

Subject : NORJACK; OO: SEATTLE

Sub '[REDACTED]

RE: SA [REDACTED] memorandum, dated December 9, 1988.

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After contacting [REDACTED] (protect), [REDACTED] [REDACTED] additional information besides what was enclosed in the referenced memorandum could not be obtained. [REDACTED] was contacted January 18, 1989, at her residence and stated that all the information she had in reference to the possibility of [REDACTED] being D.B. COOPER had already been relayed to the FBI.

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On February 13, 1989, [REDACTED] brother, [REDACTED] Tacoma, Washington, [REDACTED] was contacted and interviewed in reference to the captioned case. [REDACTED] stated that it was an old family joke that [REDACTED] was D.B. COOPER as he had taken and taught parachute lessons. Also, [REDACTED] stated that his brother [REDACTED] would have been in Alaska during 1970 and 1971, had spent time on Mc Neil Island in the federal penitentiary for some past offense. [REDACTED] stated that he did not know what the offense was or the exact dates that [REDACTED] spent in prison. [REDACTED] could not provide a date of birth for [REDACTED] stating that it was somewhere, that he was approximately [REDACTED] years old.

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[REDACTED] was shown a artist depiction of the unknown subject aka D.B. COOPER and stated that he did not think it was his brother [REDACTED] stated that he had seen a photo of D.B. COOPER with a hat and glasses and that they had often joked between the family, that with the hat and glasses, it looked like [REDACTED] but stated that he could not provide any information that would lead to believe that [REDACTED] was D.B. COOPER.

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS

TAT:lph (2)

164A-81-8958 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED.

FEB 23 1989

DB Cooper-20344

SE 164A-81

[REDACTED] provided the name of two brothers, [REDACTED] Tacoma, Washington [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] Tacoma, Washington, [REDACTED] also provided a number for their mother, [REDACTED] who lived in North Carolina, the town of Smithville, [REDACTED]

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LEADS:

SEATTLE DIVISION

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

It is requested that the Case Agent SA [REDACTED] after reviewing the above information make a discretionary decision on whether [REDACTED] should be further pursued as a subject in this case.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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DB Cooper-20345

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Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8958