SAC Los Angeles to Seattle and Sacramento re NORJACK suspect Lawrence Allison Hobart

Document date 6 January 1972

Part 92pages 459–4635 pagesDB Cooper-41354, DB Cooper-41357, DB Cooper-41358, DB Cooper-41359

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 92 pp. 459–463 (DB Cooper-41354, DB Cooper-41357, DB Cooper-41358, DB Cooper-41359), Teletype, dated 6 Jan 1972, serial 104-41-698 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-92%3A459-463

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-

FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)

NORJACK

REGARDING SUSPECT LAWRENCE ALLISON HOBART

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THIS DATE, [REDACTED b6/b7C] SHERMAN OAKS, CALIFORNIA, ADVISED HOBART LEFT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LAX) LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER SEVENTY ONE OR FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER SEVENTY ONE EN ROUTE TO TACOMA DASH SEATTLE AREA. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE HOBART [REDACTED] FROM HOME OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED], AND [REDACTED] CAR TO LAX WITHOUT PERMISSION. HOBART REPORTEDLY TRAVELED TO SEATTLE DASH TACOMA AREA WITH [REDACTED] WHO WAS RECENTLY [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES, FOLLOWING [REDACTED].

[REDACTED] GOING TO CONTACT ESTRANGED HUSBAND, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FIRST NAME UNKNOWN [REDACTED], WASHINGTON.

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1 - Minneapolis (164-73)(AM) 1 - Portland (164-41)(AM) 164-497 CRS/clb (3) Approved: ___________ Special Agent in Charge

Sent _________ M Per _________

104-41-698 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ JAN 1 [guess: 1972] FBI -- PORTLAND

* U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 O - 345-090 (11) DB Cooper-41354

Page 2 of 5Part 92 p. 460

PAGE THREE LA 164-497

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[REDACTED], SEPULVEDA, CALIFORNIA, ADVISED [REDACTED], [REDACTED] UNTIL MID SEVENTY ONE. [REDACTED] STATES HOBART HAS DISCUSSED QUOTE CAPERS UNQUOTE CLAIMED TO BE EXPARATROOPER IN MARINE CORPS, AND HAS IMPRESSED [REDACTED] WITH KNOWLEDGE OF PARACHUTES AND SKYDIVING. BOTH [REDACTED] DESCRIBED HOBART AS USER OF NARCOTICS, HEAVY SMOKER OF CIGARETTES, FAVORING PALL MALL BRAND.

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[REDACTED] DESCRIBED HOBART AS DESPERATE AND HAVING MADE STATEMENTS REGARDING USE OF PUTTY ON FINGERS AND LOSING WEIGHT PRIOR TO A QUOTE CAPER UNQUOTE TO MAKE IDENTIFICATION DIFFICULT.

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[REDACTED] WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA, STATES [REDACTED] WHITE, FEMALE, BORN [REDACTED], FIVE FOOT THREE AND HALF INCHES, BROWN HAIR, ONE TWENTY FIVE POUNDS, RELEASED FROM EMPLOYMENT [REDACTED] FEBRUARY SEVEN SEVENTY ONE, FOLLOWING [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES PD. HE RECALLS ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, LETTER RECEIVED FROM [REDACTED] REQUESTING HE FURNISH REFERENCE IF

PAGE FOUR LA 164-497

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INQUIRY RECEIVED FROM EMPLOYER. [REDACTED] DISCARDED LETTER DUE TO REPUTATION OF [REDACTED], BUT RECALLS MAILED FROM WASHINGTON. THE LETTER INDICATED SHE WAS GOING TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT AS [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] APPEARS IDENTICAL TO SUBJECT OF [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

[REDACTED]. REVIEW OF FILES REVEALED [REDACTED]

AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. IN APRIL FIFTY NINE, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], WASHINGTON. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FROM [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FOLLOWING [REDACTED]

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IN APRIL SIXTY NINE, SALT LAKE CITY REQUESTED BACKGROUND INFO CONCERNING HOBART WHO HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CONVICTED [REDACTED], WHO HAD SERVED SENTENCE AND WAS SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING NUMEROUS RECENT BURGLARIES. HOBART LOCATED RESIDING AT ONE THREE EIGHT FIVE ZERO OXNARD STREET VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA, AND EMPLOYED AS A PRIVATE MALE

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DB Cooper-41357

PAGE FIVE LA 164-497 NURSE OUT OF COURTNEY DASH NURSES REGISTRY, FIVE ZERO SIX LANKERSHIM, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.

HOBART DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: MALE, WHITE, BORN OCTOBER TWENTY THREE, THIRTY, AT ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, SIX FEET, ONE SEVENTY FIVE TO TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, FBI NUMBER SEVEN FIVE THREE SIX SIX FIVE, CALIFORNIA LICENSE R ZERO FIVE THREE SIX SEVEN TWO FOUR, ADDRESS ONE SIX SEVEN TWO FLANDERS, GRANADA HILLS, CALIFORNIA.

LEADS: SEATTLE CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW [REDACTED] WASHINGTON, FOR PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING WHEREABOUTS OF HOBART ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST.

SACRAMENTO OBTAIN RECENT PHOTO FROM CALIFORNIA DMV AND IMMEDIATELY FORWARD TO SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS FOR POSSIBLE DISPLAY TO WITNESSES.

LOS ANGELES WILL CONTACT WEST VALLEY DIVISION, LOS ANGELES PD IN EFFORT TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFO CONCERNING CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF HOBART [REDACTED]. WILL FORWARD PHOTOS OF HOBART TAKEN FIFTY NINE TO APPROPRIATE OFFICES.

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PHOTO RECEIVED 1/10/72 Ser 686

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DB Cooper-41358

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PAGE SIX LA 164-497

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HOBART HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF BANK ROBBERY WHEREIN A WEAPON WAS DISPLAYED AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS, AND UNSUB IN THIS MATTER SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS ADVISED AIR MAIL.

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DB Cooper-41359

Serials: 104-41-698, LA 164-497, MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81