EC Anchorage Squad 5 to Seattle re investigation of Lyle C. Franklin, deceased
Document date 7 May 2007
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-52:226-228 Document: EC Anchorage Squad 5 to Seattle re investigation of Lyle C. Franklin, deceased Id: Cooper-Part-52:226-228 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-52%3A226-228 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 52 pp. 226–228 (DB Cooper-21900–21902), Memo, dated 7 May 2007 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-52%3A226-228
(Rev. 01-31-2003)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 05/07/2007
To: Seattle Attn: SSA [REDACTED] b6 b7C From: Anchorage Squad 5 Contact: SA [REDACTED]
Approved By: [REDACTED] b6 b7C Drafted By: [REDACTED] jad
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 (Pending) 9H67
Title: NORJAK; CAA-HIJACK
Synopsis: To report investigation.
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Enclosure(s): Copies of Alaska driver's license, identification cards and criminal history for Lyle C. Franklin, date of birth 05/19/1949.
Details: On April 18, 2007, writer received a lead from the Portland Division regarding a complaint call from [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Anchorage, Alaska, [REDACTED] believed that Lyle C. Franklin was actually "D.B. Cooper."
On April 20, 2007, [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED] medical examiner's office, advised that an autopsy had been performed on Lyle Franklin and that a blood sample had been obtained. After the autopsy, Franklin was cremated.
On April 23, 2007, [REDACTED] contacted the Anchorage Division and advised that Franklin died on March 31, 2007. Prior to his death, Franklin told her that he was a bank robber. [REDACTED] advised that she believed that Franklin looked like the composite sketch of Cooper. [REDACTED] claimed that Franklin had a parachute cord, safety glasses and two flight jackets at his residence. He also had money in a box in a closet at his residence that he told [REDACTED] he found.
Franklin had been in the military, jumped from helicopters and served in Vietnam until 1974. Franklin told
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DB Cooper-21900
To: Seattle From: Anchorage Re: SE 164A-81, 05/07/2007
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[REDACTED] that he had suffered broken bones that were never treated. Franklin's teeth had been pulled out and he kept them in his apartment.
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[REDACTED] further explained that Franklin told her that he was a "for hire murderer" and that he killed Jimmy Hoffa and ten to fifteen other individuals and buried them in the Cook Inlet.
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The information provided by [REDACTED] does not appear to be credible, therefore Anchorage is taking no further action.
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Anchorage considers this lead covered.
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b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-21901
To: Seattle From: Anchorage Re: SE 164A-81, 05/07/2007
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LEAD(s):
Set Lead 1: (Info)
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE
Read and clear.
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DB Cooper-21902
Serials: SE 164-81