Buffalo to Phoenix and others re suspect Peter B. Parlo
Document date 21 December 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 92 pp. 213–217 (DB Cooper-41088–41092), Teletype, dated 21 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-92%3A213-217
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI Date: 12/21/71
Transmit the following in PLAINTEXT (Type in plaintext or code) Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)
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TO: SAC, PHOENIX FROM: SAC, BUFFALO (164-46) NORJAK, OO: SEATTLE
RE PETER B. PARLO, SUSPECT.
PARLO DISAPPEARED SUDDENLY FROM ELMIRA, NY AREA MID OCT., SEVENTYONE AND RETURNED TO HIS HOME IN HORSE- HEADS, NY ABOUT ONE WEEK AGO.
PARLO IDENTIFIED AS SUSPECT BY PERSONS IN ELMIRA AREA WITH WHOM HE HAD WORKED ONLY BECAUSE HIS WHEREABOUTS WERE UNKNOWN, HE CLOSELY FIT AVAILABLE DESCRIPTION OF UNSUB, AND ACQUAINTANCES BELIEVED HIM CAPABLE OF INSTANT CRIME.
PARLO INTERVIEWED DEC. TWENTYONE, INSTANT AND ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:
BECAUSE OF SERIOUS FINANCIAL TROUBLE, HE LEFT HIS HOME ON OCT. TWELVE, LAST AND DROVE TO LAS VEGAS, NEV.
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1 - Seattle (Info) (AM) 1 - San Francisco (Info) (AM) 1 - Minneapolis (Info) (AM) [circled] - Portland (Info) (AM) [circled] - Buffalo RWB:cap (5)
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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED [checkmark] FILED [checkmark]
DEC 27 1971 FBI — PORTLAND
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[handwritten] 10/[guess: WITNESS] [illegible] POWITNESS ELIMINATE PO[illegible] SE PO FILE 7[illegible] 1/6/7[illegible]
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Approved: _______________ Sent ___________ M Per ____________ Special Agent in Charge
DB Cooper-41088 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 O - 346-090 (11)
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BU 164-46 PAGE TWO
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TO REPAY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR LOAN WITH FUNDS HE OBTAINED THRU CASHING FRAUDULENT CHECK JUST BEFORE LEAVING TOWN. AFTER STAYING IN LAS VEGAS ABOUT ONE AND ONE-HALF WEEKS, HE WENT TO PHOENIX, ARIZ. WHERE HE STAYED ANOTHER ONE AND ONE-HALF WEEKS BEFORE RETURNING TO LAS VEGAS. HE WAS VERY DISPONDENT BECAUSE OF HIS FINANCIAL STRAITS, HEALTH PROBLEMS AND "DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN."
HE WAS STAYING AT CAREFREE INN, ARIZONA ON THANKSGIVING, NOV. TWENTYFIVE, LAST AND BELIEVES HE HAD CHECKED INTO THAT MOTEL PREVIOUS NIGHT. HE CHECKED OUT ABOUT NOV. TWENTYSIX, LAST, PAYING BILL WITH ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL.
HE DOES NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE HE HAD BEEN STAYING IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO CHECKING INTO CAREFREE INN ON OR ABOUT THANKSGIVING BUT IS CERTAIN IT WAS IN THE PHOENIX SCOTTSDALE AREA. HE WAS IN AND OUT OF MANY MOTELS DURING HIS TWO MONTHS' ABSENCE FROM HOME AND MAY HAVE BEEN STAYING AT MOTEL SIXTYSIX, PHOENIX JUST BEFORE CHECKING INTO CAREFREE.
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DB Cooper-41089
BU 164-46 PAGE THREE
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WHILE IN PHOENIX AREA HE SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME AT NORTH BANK LOUNGE, FIVE ZERO FIVE ZERO NORTH FORTIETH ST., PHOENIX AND BECAME WELL ACQUAINTED WITH ONE [REDACTED] (LNU), [REDACTED] AT THAT ESTABLISHMENT, WHOSE HOME TELEPHONE IS [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. HE RECALLS HAVING HAD LUNCH WITH [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] AT CAREFREE INN NOV. TWENTYSIX, LAST AND MAY HAVE SEEN HER NOV. TWENTYFOUR ALSO.
WHEN QUESTIONED IF HE HAD VISITED ANY AREA OTHER THAN LAS VEGAS AND PHOENIX, PARLO STATED SOMETIME IN NOV., LAST HE WENT TO VISIT [REDACTED] CALIF., LOCATED IN VERY NORTHERN PART OF STATE, BUT UPON ARRIVAL IN THAT AREA, HE TELEPHONICALLY ASCERTAINED [REDACTED] WERE IN LAS VEGAS ON BUSINESS. HE SPOKE WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BUT DID NOT IDENTIFY HIMSELF. HE STAYED AT PONDEROSA INN, REDDING, CALIF. OVERNIGHT NEAR [REDACTED] AND THEN DROVE BACK TO PHOENIX,
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DB Cooper-41090
BU 164-46 PAGE FOUR
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VISITING RENO, NEVADA AND LAKE TAHOE, ENROUTE.
PARLO IS W/M/A, FORTYEIGHT YEARS, DOB JUNE TWO, TWENTYTHREE AT ELMIRA, NY, SIX FEET, ONE SIX FIVE LBS., MEDIUM BUILD, SWARTHY, ROTUND, DARK COMPLEXION, GREY HAIR PARTED ON LEFT; FULL SIDEBURNS COMING TO LOWER EAR LEVEL AND EXTENDING INTO CHEEK AREA, HAZEL EYES, ONE YEAR COLLEGE, SSAN ZERO NINE TWO - ONE FOUR - EIGHT ZERO FOUR NINE; SELF-EMPLOYED ACCOUNTANT, RESIDING APT. THREE F, BROADWOOD MANOR APARTMENTS, HORSEHEADS, NY. SERVED IN USAF FORTYTWO THRU FORTYFIVE AS AERIAL GUNNER IN BOMBERS BUT DENIES JUMPING EXPERIENCE. HEAVY SMOKER OF BENSON AND HEDGES FILTER TIP CIGARETTES. FARSIGHTED (TWENTY/ EIGHTY UNCORRECTED) AND OWNS PRESCRIPTION SUNGLASSES AS WELL AS REGULAR EYEGLASSES. WEARING VERY RECENTLY GROWN MUSTACHE. TWELVE INCH OPERATIONAL SCAR RIGHT SIDE. NO ARRESTS KNOWN OR ADMITTED.
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PARLO FURNISHED SPECIMENS OF SIGNATURE AND POSED FOR PHOTOS. PHOTOS BEING FURNISHED MINNEAPOLIS, PORTLAND A
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DB Cooper-41091
BU 164-46 PAGE FIVE
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AND SEATTLE BY AIRTEL.
PARLO'S RETURN TO ELMIRA AREA KNOWN TO ELMIRA PD AND EXPECTED HE WILL BE ARRESTED ON DEC. TWENTYTWO, NEXT ON STATE CHARGES RE CASHING FORGED CHECK LAST OCT. SEVENTYONE.
INFO CCS BEING FURNISHED SAN FRANCISCO IN EVENT INVESTIGATION AT PHOENIX DOES NOT ELIMINATE PARLO AS SUSPECT AND INVESTIGATION DESIRED AT REDDING, CALIF.
PHOENIX ATTEMPT TO VERIFY PARLO'S PRESENCE IN PHOENIX AREA AT TIME OF HIJACKING. FURTHER IDENTIFY AND INTERVIEW [REDACTED](LNU) RE HER KNOWLEDGE OF PARLO'S ACTIVITIES AND WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD AND TO DETERMINE IF HIS HAIR WAS ALWAYS GREY WHEN SHE KNEW HIM.
AMCCS SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO, MINNEAPOLIS AND PORTLAND.
UNSUB A AND D. P.
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DB Cooper-41092
Serials: BU 164-46