Citizen tip letter to FBI Seattle naming Jack Linkletter as the skyjacker
Document date 16 December 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-73:409-411
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-73:409-411 Document: Citizen tip letter to FBI Seattle naming Jack Linkletter as the skyjacker Id: Cooper-Part-73:409-411 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-73%3A409-411 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 73 pp. 409–411 (DB Cooper-31771), Letter, dated 16 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-73%3A409-411
Woodland Hills, Dec. 16 1971.
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The F.B.I. Seattle, Wash.
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Re: Skyjacker
He definitely is Jack Linkletter who less than two weeks before was in Woodland Hills [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] Your artist drawing is very accurate because this is exactly the way he looked without toupee, same glasses and thick brown makeup to make his complexion olive. Also I thought he had on the tip of his nose a plastic band to give that pinched look. However the makeup didn't cover the warts near his nose and mouth.
Although he says he never will be caught, he wants to be found, wanted me to recognize him by the composite drawing. He says he never had a speeding ticket, he has not driven a car for several years now, does ride a motorcycle and fly a plane. The McClellans and Haun landing strips are well known to him. His sister Diane did mention three days before her death that these landing strips were used for narcotic traffic, also there was a death connected which would have been over two years ago. What Jack is doing is running away from two cold-blooded murderers, his father Art and his brother Robert. He Jack, was booby-trapped to be with them the night of the Tate murders as were some people who lived at the Spahn Ranch. The actual killings were at the hands of Art and Robert, Jack running from the Tate residence [guess: certainly] [guess: one] block.
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SEARCHED INDEXED [REDACTED] DEC 1 7 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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away where they were parked, probably in shock. Was with them for the next two days. Diane Linkletter was a witness by phone that night be- fore the telephone lines were cut, her brother-in-law John Zweyer was sent by Art's wife to help because there had to be a very good logical explanation. He, John was parked in this area with his lights off till 2.30 that night, saw Robert on the grounds, also taking a rope to the Tate residence, saw Jack sitting with his head in his hands... John was executed three weeks later after having turned down bribery by Art. Ro- bert did the shooting, was waiting for him in the patio, made it look like suicide. They had waited for Jack to be on his way to Hawaii so he wouldn't question the suicide story. Diane met with the same fate, she was guarded for the last two days of her life, would have exposed them.
Jack also know that it was Dr. Ohta from Soquel who had pres- cribed the glasses Robert lost at the Tate residence the night of the murders. Dr. Ohta and his family also his secretary were executed last October 1970. Another man was used by Robert and was just convicted and sentenced to death. No Linkletter is ever arrested in Calif. where they seem to have absolute control over our law enforcement agencies.
14 more months to live means that he believes that another administration will take over in Jan. 1973 which will bring about the Linkletter's downfall. Jack will find himself a witness against his father and brother, something he wants no part of. However in the mean- time, he would like to keep alive. He and his wife needs protection. She wanted to report him missing the night of the Tate murders because she feared his father and brother might kill him if he tried to stop them. Art's wife took control saying no one should call the Police,
The next day, John Zweyer told her that to report Jack missing will cause all three to be caught Jack along with the two others, Art and Robert who are psycho-killers.
The father of Art Linkletter was Desire Belanger. This is where D.B. comes from. Cooper? Because his first name is Jack. The 10 letters at the bottom of the letter mailed to L.A.Times with numbers, do match the 10 letters in the Linkletter's name. I read a message here. 7698QA2753
7 victims 69 1969 8 August Q Question A Art 2753 is in connection with murders since the Tate murders of Aug 1969 I understand the letter mailed to Seattle had different letters and No. If I knew what they were, maybe I could decode them.
If he is in the area of Seattle and you can round him up, give him this message from me. I don't believe, he, his wife and children should be sacrificed so two cold-blooded murderers remain free to keep on killing. I can testify for him behind closed doors or in open court. All I have to do is repeat what his sister Diane was saying three days before her death while taking a beating from her brother Robert. Sincerely, [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-31771
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Serials: 164-81-