SAC Minneapolis to Director, Salt Lake City and Seattle re Richard McCoy compared to Cooper

Document date 12 April 1972

Part 78pages 187–1882 pagesDB Cooper-34047–34048

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Document: Teletype SAC Minneapolis to Director, Salt Lake City and Seattle re Richard McCoy compared to Cooper
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 78 pp. 187–188 (DB Cooper-34047–34048), Teletype, dated 12 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-78%3A187-188

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) SAC, SALT LAKE CITY (164-81) SEATTLE (164-81)

FROM: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)

NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE.

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RE SEATTLE AND SALT LAKE CITY TELEPHONE CALLS TO MINNEAPOLIS APRIL ELEVEN LAST; AND SALT LAKE CITY TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR APRIL ELEVEN LAST.

THIS DATE A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS CONTAINING THAT OF RICHARD FLOYD MC COY WAS SHOWN TO NORTHWEST STEWARDESSES AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

THE THREE STEWARDESSES STATED THERE WERE SOME SLIGHT SIMILARITIES, BUT EACH WAS QUITE CERTAIN THAT MC COY WAS NOT IDENTICAL WITH COOPER.

SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES IN PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT WERE NOTED WERE THAT MC COY'S EARS STUCK OUT FURTHER FROM HIS HEAD THAN THOSE OF COOPER, COOPER'S HAIR WAS FULLER THAN TH[redacted]

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[C] - Minneapolis RGK:kao (1) Approved: _______ Special Agent in Charge Sear[ch] Seri[alized] Inde[xed] Filed [stamp date] 1/26p M Per MXF 1:30P 1:40 DB Cooper-34047

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MP 164-73

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THAT OF MC COY'S, MC COY'S NOSE WAS BROADER THAN THAT OF COOPER; AND [REDACTED] THE ONLY STEWARDESS WHO SAW COOPER WITHOUT HIS GLASSES, STATED THAT COOPER'S EYES WERE BROWN. IT IS NOTED FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH OF MC COY, HIS EYES WERE BLUE. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. PENDING. END.

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Approved: _______________ Special Agent in Charge

Sent _______________ M Per _______________ ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135

DB Cooper-34048

Serials: 164-2111, MP 164-73, SE 164-81