Portland Bureau of Police special report re tip on $20 bills concealed near Ridgefield, Washington
Document date 20 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-92:164-165 Document: Portland Bureau of Police special report re tip on $20 bills concealed near Ridgefield, Washington Id: Cooper-Part-92:164-165 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-92%3A164-165 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 92 pp. 164–165 (DB Cooper-41038–41039), Report, dated 20 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-92%3A164-165
50.47 DISTRIBUTION ☐CENTRAL ☐DETS ☐CA ☐EAST ☐JUVS ☐DA ☐NORTH ☐WPD ☐IDENT ☐TRAFFIC ☐VICE ☐PROP ROOM
SPECIAL REPORT City of Portland, Bureau of Police
CASE NUMBER: MISC. CLASSIFICATION: INFO INFORMATION ☐ CONTINUATION ☐ SUPPLEMENTAL ☐ CLEARANCE ☐
cc: FBI/Att'n Agent Belfrey
1. DATE & TIME ORIGINAL REPORT 2. DATE & TIME THIS REPORT: 12-20-71, 11 p.m. 3. LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE 5. VICTIM OR COMPLAINANT: UNKN/AIRLINE COMPANY 6. RESIDENCE ADDRESS: SEATTLE, WN. 7. RES. PHONE 9. SUBJECT OF THIS REPORT: INFO RECEIVED FROM ONE [redacted] RE LOCATION OF UNION AMOUNT OF $20 BILLS SUPPOSEDLY CONCEALED IN THE RIDGEFIELD, WN. AREA.
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SUMMARY
This report details info received from one [redacted] informing of the possible location of a large amount of $20 bills which she believes came from the highjacking of an airlines plane out of Seattle, Wn.
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NARRATIVE
Sir: At approx 9 p.m., date, writer was in receipt of a phone call from one [redacted] who describes herself as [redacted]. At this time it was evident that [redacted] was under the influence of alcohol, however, she did come up with the following story: [redacted] she had been contacted in [redacted] by an elderly gentleman by the name of IRA STINES. She described him as being 84 yrs of age, white, and having a residence near the Ridgefield, Wn. area. [redacted]. She stated that some time during the past few days she and MR STINES were in the back yard area when a dog belonging to MR STINES supposedly came up to-the-house dragging a plastic garbage bag full of what [redacted] later observed to be $20 bills. At this time she informs that MR STINES became quite upset with the dog, grabbing the sack and returning it to an area at the rear of his property described as being in the timber near a creek. Apparently, [redacted] followed him, observed a 2nd plastic bag which she also believed was full of $20 bills. MR STINES became quite angered at both the dog for dragging the sack up to the house and at [redacted] for observing his activities in returning the bags to the wooded area. She believes this money is the proceeds from the recent highjacking, in that (continued)
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REPORTING OFFICER(S) BADGE NUMBER PREC/DIV RELIEF ASSN/DIST R/C TIMES APPROVED BY 10-7: 10-97: 10-8:
DB Cooper-41038
MISC INFO SEATTLE, WN. 12-20-71
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she describes it as being all in $20 bills. Writer attempted to pin her down to the exact area in which the money was concealed, however, could only get a description that it was approximately two blocks to the rear of the house, just inside of a wooded area near a creek. She describes [REDACTED] STINES' homestead as being just out of Ridgefield, Wn. It was not clear over the telephone whether she described Ridgefield or Richfield. It is believed by the undersigned that the former, Ridgefield, was the town involved.
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[REDACTED] informed at this time that she could no longer talk, however, could be contacted thru a female subject by the name of [REDACTED] (last name sp unkn). She gave a phone number of [REDACTED], not being sure of the last four digits, however. This number was checked out by the FBI Agent Belfrey and found to be a party who does not know either [REDACTED].
As mentioned, Agent Belfrey of the Bureau was contacted at his residence and given the above informa- tion.
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A check with the PPD Record files indicates a [REDACTED] DOB [REDACTED] desc. as [REDACTED] 5-3, b6 165½, brown and black. We have no PPD number, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] 1971, giving an address of [REDACTED] has knowledge of subject [REDACTED] and her associates, Contact [REDACTED] for this info.
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Respectfully,
[REDACTED] Sgt.
wr 12-21-71 12:05 a.m.
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DB Cooper-41039