SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle forwarding Daily News-Chief article and Westfield, NJ suspect lead
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SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle re Winter Haven newspaper article and related suspect
Document date 16 April 1980
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 63 pp. 83–84 (DB Cooper-26441–26442), Memo, dated 16 Apr 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-63%3A083-084
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE DATE: 4/16/80 FROM [redacted] SAC, TAMPA (164-417) (RUC)
SUBJECT: UNSUB, aka /164-81 D.B. Cooper, Dan B. COOPER HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71 SAA-AIR PIRACY (A) OO: SE [redacted] aka FUGITIVE (A) UFAP-MURDER IO No. [redacted] OO: [redacted]
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Re Tampa telephone call to Newark, 3/13/80.
Enclosed for Seattle and Newark is one copy of newspaper article appearing in "Daily News-Chief Newspaper" Winter Haven, Florida, 2/13/80, captioned "Hey, D.B. Cooper- we found your money."
It should be noted by receiving offices, above enclosed newspaper article which appeared 2/13/80 in newspaper at Winter Haven, Florida, was basis which prompted telephone call of [redacted] to FBI, Tampa.
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On 4/10/80, [redacted] [redacted] Winter Haven, Florida, employed Chain O'Lakes Marina, 1006 South Lake Howard Drive, Winter Haven, Florida, was contacted per his telephonic request directed to FBI, Tampa, on 3/13/80. [redacted] provided the following information:
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(2) - Seattle (Enc. 1) [redacted] (Enc. 1) 1 - Tampa TRS/tgd (5)
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SEARCHED... INDEXED... SERIALIZED... APR 4/4 1980
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-26441
TP 164-417
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For approximately 2 years, in 1971, [REDACTED] was employed as a [REDACTED] for the Westfield, New Jersey, Police Department. During November, 1971, at Westfield, the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Westfield, New Jersey. [illegible mark] Subsequently, investigation resulted in [REDACTED] IO No. [REDACTED] and in view of these circumstances, this murder became notorious through- out the northeast. [REDACTED] alleged that he was good friends with [REDACTED] Westfield Police Department, who actually found the bodies of the various [REDACTED] and , as a result, [REDACTED] ,through his association with [REDACTED] became closely asso- ciated with the [REDACTED]
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According to [REDACTED] several weeks after above crime had been discovered and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] 4 door sedan, was located abandoned at the Newark, New Jersey, airport, and no pertinent information regarding [REDACTED] location/whereabouts has been determined since November, 1971.
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According to [REDACTED] at the time of the above murders, [REDACTED] was approximately 47 yrs. of age, and was reportedly an ex-paratrooper, U.S. Army, during World War II. [REDACTED] continued that even though he has terminated his employment with Westfield, New Jersey, Police Depart- ment, the notoriety of the [REDACTED] and the suspicious disappearance of [REDACTED] has continued to intrigue him.
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[REDACTED] continued that on Feb. 13, 1980, a newspaper article appeared in the "Winter Haven Daily News- Chief" regarding the location of money connected with the unknown subject, aka, D.B. Cooper incident at Seattle, Washington, during November, 1971. The newspaper also featured an artist's conception drawing of UNSUB, aka, D.B. Cooper, and whenever [REDACTED] observed this compo- site, he immediately thought that Cooper was possibly identical to [REDACTED] This identification was possible in view [REDACTED] considered [REDACTED] and Cooper's physical description to be similar, [REDACTED] was an ex-paratrooper, U.S. Army, during W.W. II, and [REDACTED] disappeared from the
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DB Cooper-26442
Serials: SE 164-81, TP 164-417