Re fugitive ITSMV subject considered as Cooper suspect, with leads to Minneapolis, Sacramento and Omaha
This copy: Part 68 pp. 287–288Also filed at Part 34 pp. 174–176 (primary)
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Re fugitive/ITSMV suspect, with Minneapolis leads and Frontier Airlines records
Document date 16 April 1974
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 68 pp. 287–288 (DB Cooper-29102–29103), Airtel, dated 16 Apr 1974, serial SE 164-81-6212 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-68%3A287-288
FBI Date: 4/16/74
Transmit the following in __________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via __AIRTEL__ (Priority)
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TO: SAC, [REDACTED] FROM: SAC, [REDACTED] (P) SUBJECT: [REDACTED] aka -X FUGITIVE; [REDACTED] ITSMV
OO: [REDACTED] BUFILE: [REDACTED]
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Re Omaha report of SA THOMAS B. MILLER, dated 2/15/74; and Omaha letters to Sacramento, dated 3/26/74 and 3/29/74.
Enclosed for Sacramento are six copies of Omaha investigative insert at Lincoln, Nebraska.
On 4/12/74 [REDACTED] Minnetonka, Minnesota, personally contacted the North Platte, Nebraska, Resident Agency. They advised that RUSSELL WALTER FINKLER had been missing from their jurisdiction since 11/11/73 and that on 3/31/74 his body was found near Minnetonka. They further advised that the vehicle that subject [REDACTED] stole was stolen less than two miles from where FINKLER's body was recovered and where his abandoned car was found. They further advised that the stolen Minnesota license plates found in the [REDACTED] stolen car were stolen less than two miles from the FINKLER body.
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3 - Minneapolis (1)- Seattle (164-81) (Info) 1 - [REDACTED] (Info) 1 - Indianapolis (Info) 1 - Knoxville (Info) 1 - [REDACTED] (Info) 1 - Phoenix (Info) 2 - [REDACTED] (Enc. 6) 1 - [REDACTED] (Info) 5 - Omaha TBM: [REDACTED] Approved: (17) _____ Sent _____ M Special A[gent] [in charge]
U.S.Government Printing Office: 1972 -- 455 574 DB Cooper-29102
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They also advised that [REDACTED] (see page 18 of referenced report) [REDACTED] Federal Narcotics Office in their area. She has a [REDACTED] in St. Paul, Minnesota. They were both contacted by the Hennepin, Minnesota, Sheriff's Office and each denied knowing subject [REDACTED] and it was their understanding that neither appeared to be very cooperative. It should be noted that the name [REDACTED] appears in subject's notebook in code.
[REDACTED] said that they wished to inter- view subject upon his apprehension to question him about FINKLER's murder.
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ADMINISTRATIVE:
On 4/12/74 [REDACTED] (Protect Identity), [REDACTED] Frontier Airlines, North Platte, Nebraska, advised that his records reflect that on [REDACTED] purchased a ticket to Minneapolis for [REDACTED] on the afternoon flight of Frontier Flight 566. This flight would have arrived about 5:00 p.m. in Omaha, Nebraska. [REDACTED] had two holding flights scheduled for the continuation of his flight to Minneapolis, Braniff Flight 250 and North Central Flight 737, both on [REDACTED] said that the passenger list for both North Central and Braniff could be checked with these respective airlines to see which flight, if any, the subject under the name [REDACTED] took.
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LEADS
MINNEAPOLIS
AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Intensify efforts to locate persons previously set out in referenced Omaha report to locate subject.
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DB Cooper-29103
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6212