ADIC Los Angeles to Director re NORJAK pilot/drug suspect (LA 164-497)
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ADIC Los Angeles to Director re NORJAK suspects and request for latent print comparison
Document date 29 July 1976
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-61:224-228 Document: Airtel ADIC Los Angeles to Director re NORJAK suspects and request for latent print comparison Id: Cooper-Part-61:224-228 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-61%3A224-228 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 61 pp. 224–228 (DB Cooper-25425–25429), Airtel, dated 29 Jul 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-61%3A224-228
LA 164-497
similarities exist between artist's conception of the highjacker and most recent photographs of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] of the source.
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A review of the Los Angeles files concerning [REDACTED] and a summary of additional investigation at Los Angeles reveals the following information:
Special Agent (SA) [REDACTED] Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Terminal Island, California, described [REDACTED] [REDACTED] as a skilled pilot who would be completely familiar with the Boeing 727 aircraft, as he was terminated as a commercial pilot (flight engineer) by [REDACTED] Airlines in [REDACTED]. Thereafter [REDACTED] became one of the most daring and intelligent criminals encountered by DEA and was believed [REDACTED] [REDACTED] until his imprisonment by Mexican authorities on [REDACTED] when he was arrested in Mexico using the name of [REDACTED] and flying a Cessna 182A, registration number [REDACTED] was scheduled to be released from prison in Sinaloa, Mexico, in [REDACTED]. However, [REDACTED] is of the opinion [REDACTED] has recently bought his way out of prison. Agent [REDACTED] advised this has not been confirmed.
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DEA closely followed [REDACTED] and his activities during [REDACTED] and they were known to regularly fly to Portland and Oregon, where they were associated with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] made available logs and notes concerning the coverage of [REDACTED] activities by DEA in [REDACTED] A review of this data revealed [REDACTED] name was on a gas slip at a Qualitron Station, Burbank, California, Airport, dated [REDACTED] for the purchase of 101 gallons of fuel for aircraft number [REDACTED] The next recorded notation concern- ing [REDACTED] indicated he was observed at Santa Monica, California, Airport, at [REDACTED] where he arrived in a rental car bearing California License [REDACTED] He reportedly indicated he was waiting for a plane to arrive
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DB Cooper-25425
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2
LA 164-497
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and had departed in another rental car when the plane he was waiting for did not arrive.
[REDACTED] has been described by SA [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] as having a [REDACTED] in appearance and was not know to have any parachuting or sky diving experience. [REDACTED] from late [REDACTED] to mid [REDACTED] and later became a cooperative witness for DEA against [REDACTED] associates, [REDACTED]
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b7C per DEA b7D b7F
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[REDACTED]
In addition to the above data it is noted [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] His partner in this venture, which was apparently used as a front for narcotic smuggling activities, was a [REDACTED] citizen using the name of [REDACTED] According to [REDACTED]
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b7C per DEA b7D
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DB Cooper-25426
LA 164-497
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A review of INS records, Los Angeles, 6/23/76, revealed [REDACTED] with aka of [REDACTED] was born [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] 5'11", Social Security Account Number [REDACTED] California Drivers License [REDACTED] FBI Number [REDACTED] This record reveals a [REDACTED] in Los Angeles Municipal Court with bail set at $12,500, charging [REDACTED] and indicating he would be extradited anywhere in the United States. This file indicated that the Metropolitan Toronto Police, Toronto, Canada, had related that [REDACTED] was convicted in Toronto of breaking and entering, 1963, as [REDACTED] It is also noted that [REDACTED] had rented a car from Hertz in Toronto on 12/18/71, and that in December, 1971, his belongings in Los Angeles were shipped to a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED]
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Set forth below is available descriptive data concerning [REDACTED] and his close criminal associate, [REDACTED]
Name [REDACTED] aka [REDACTED]
Race White Sex Male Date of Birth [REDACTED] Height 6'1" Weight 180 pounds Complexion Ruddy-reddish, freckles Hair Brown Eyes Hazel Education Studied law and mathematics at Santa Monica City College Santa Monica, California
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DB Cooper-25427
LA 164-497
Occupation Pilot Previous Employment Western Airlines pilot
[REDACTED] FBI Number
Name [REDACTED] aka
Race White Sex Male Date of Birth [REDACTED] Place of Birth Citizenship Occupation Photographer Height 5'9" to 5'10" Complexion Dark Weight 160 pounds Eyes Brown FBI Number Criminal Associate [REDACTED] Marital Status
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REQUEST OF THE BUREAU
Although there is considerable age discrepancy between the actual ages of [REDACTED] and the descriptive data furnished by the witnesses of unsub this matter, in view of the extensive criminal activities of [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] the Identification Division is requested to compare the known fingerprints of [REDACTED] FBI Number [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] FBI Number [REDACTED] with the unidentified latent prints located on victim aircraft in this matter.
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DB Cooper-25428
LA 164-497
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LEADS
TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON AND PORTLAND, OREGON: Any additional investigation concerning [REDACTED] and/or [REDACTED] will be left to the discretion of Seattle and Portland and the above is being furnished by the Los Angeles Division for their information and evaluation.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-25429
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b6 b7C
Serials: LA 164-497
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