To SAC Minneapolis re John R. Murphy tip on NORJACK suspect
Document date 12 July 1983
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-79:007-008 Document: Memo to SAC Minneapolis re John R. Murphy tip on NORJACK suspect Id: Cooper-Part-79:007-008 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-79%3A007-008 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 79 pp. 7–8 (DB Cooper-34299–34300), Memo, dated 12 Jul 1983 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-79%3A007-008
Memorandum
To : SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164A-73)(C) Date 7/12/83
From : SA [REDACTED]
Subject : NORJACK; CAA - HIJACKING; OO: SEATTLE
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On 5/11/83, JOHN R. MURPHY (former SA), 84 Walden, Burnsville, Minnesota, telephone number 890-8431, telephonically contacted the Minneapolis Office of the FBI and advised that he had information concerning captioned case, and requested a personal meeting with an Agent.
On 5/16/83, MURPHY was interviewed by writer at which time, he advised that he is a former SA having resigned from the Bureau in approximately 1960, after 20 years with the Bureau. He is currently self-employed as a Private Investigator. MURPHY subsequently provided the following information:
All of the information regarding captioned case was received by MURPHY from [REDACTED], [REDACTED], St. Louis Park, Minnesota. [REDACTED] is a white female, approximately [REDACTED] years of age, who is employed as a [REDACTED] employed [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Minneapolis. [REDACTED] is aware that MURPHY is a former FBI Agent and currently employed as a Private Investigator. Approximately one week prior to this interview, MURPHY [REDACTED] [REDACTED], at which time [REDACTED] confided the following information to him.
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- Minneapolis
[handwritten, diagonal]: Why not send? [stamp]: 164A73- SE[ILLEGIBLE] JU[ILLEGIBLE] FBI [ILLEGIBLE]
DB Cooper-34299
MP 164A-73
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In approximately 8/81, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at the [REDACTED] located on Normandale Boulevard in Bloomington. [REDACTED] of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Minnesota, telephone [REDACTED], is the [REDACTED]
During this evening, [REDACTED] admits to the group of [REDACTED] individuals that he has knowledge concerning the group that planned and executed the hijacking of a Northwest Airlines' aircraft which later became somewhat famous at the "D. B. Cooper" case. [REDACTED] stated that the hijacker, upon receipt of the ransom money, parachuted from the aircraft and landed in an area near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The exact landing spot was marked with a large "X" on the ground. This individual then disguised himself as a hunter and drove out of the area in a Jeep Scout vehicle. He had in his possession a Washington State driver's license which he utilized to identify himself when he was stopped by an unnamed law enforcement agency during his trip out of the mountains. [REDACTED] additionally claims that [REDACTED] is the individual's true name and that he is currently residing in Blaine, Minnesota. [REDACTED] currently has two different families, neither family knowing of the existence of the other.
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Minneapolis Division indices are negative regarding JOHN R. MURPHY. Indices list one reference for [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. This file has been destroyed. Indices list two references for [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. Review of these files fail to determine whether references were identical to [REDACTED] mentioned above. Northwestern Bell Telephone Directory for the Minneapolis area lists numerous [REDACTED], none bearing the [REDACTED].
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In view of the inconsistencies between information provided by [REDACTED] and that previously known by the FBI con- cerning captioned matter, it is recommended that no further investigation be conducted concerning the above information.
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DB Cooper-34300
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Serials: MP 164-73