Investigative insert by SA Samuel M. McPheters re Pendleton/Hermiston inquiries on Merlin Gene Cooper
Document date 7 November 1988
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-97:204-205 Document: Investigative insert by SA Samuel M. McPheters re Pendleton/Hermiston inquiries on Merlin Gene Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-97:204-205 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-97%3A204-205 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 97 pp. 204–205 (DB Cooper-43738–43739), Report, dated 7 Nov 1988 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-97%3A204-205
PD 164A-41 SMM:[REDACTED]
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The following investigation was conducted by Special Agent SAMUEL M. MC PHETERS in the Portland Division at Pendelton, Oregon.
On March 7, 1988, inquiry at the ELK'S CLUB and EAGLES LODGE in Pendelton, Oregon, for any information relevant to MERLIN GENE COOPER being a member of those clubs from the years 1972 and 1973 were negative. All registers were checked also for sign-ins and sign-outs, but those came out negative as well.
On March 7, 1988, [REDACTED] Hermiston, Oregon, was contacted for any mailing addresses for available from 1970 to 1972 for MERLIN GENE COOPER. Same inquiry was negative.
On March 7, 1988, inquiry at the Umatilla County Assessor's Office for information relative to property holdings belonging to MERLIN GENE COOPER from 1970 to 1972 were negative.
At Hermiston, Oregon, on March 7, 1988, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Hermiston, Oregon, telephone number [REDACTED] was contacted for information regarding MERLIN GENE COOPER, same contact was negative.
On March 7, 1988, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Oregon, telephone number [REDACTED], was telephonically contacted regarding MERLIN GENE COOPER who she may have waited on when she was [REDACTED]. This contract proved to be negative in that [REDACTED] had no recall of this individual.
On March 8, 1988, telephonic inquiry through the Veterans Administration Hospital in Walla Walla, Washington, telephone number (509) 525-5200, specifically through [REDACTED] [REDACTED], extension [REDACTED], disclosed there was no entry for M. G. COOPER or GENE COOPER or MERLIN GENE COOPER for the 1970 to 1972 period.
On March 8, 1988, [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED] Pendelton, Oregon, and [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED], Pendelton, Oregon, were both contacted for information relative to MERLIN GENE COOPER. Same inquiries were negative.
On March 8, 1988, it was determined through [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Pendelton, Oregon, DB Cooper-43738 that COOPER may have lived just off Interstate I-84 near between [illegible]
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Umatilla, Oregon and Umatilla Army Depot exit. It is noted this area had been excavated and all housing torn down in preparation for a new interstate outlet ramp, which was under construction. Subsequent inquiries through [REDACTED], Right of Way Office, State Highway Department, Pendelton, Oregon, disclosed that the lady who had owned that ranch, JANE MILLER, who MERLIN GENE COOPER had later married, had moved after selling the ranch to an address at 2384 Columbus, Muskogee, Oklahoma 97401, telephone number (918) 687-4692, and from there she had moved back to Umatilla, Oregon, to an address at 320 Monroe Street.
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On August 17, 1988, RALPH HIMMELBACH, retired Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent from Portland Division, telephone number 636-5444, Weston, Oregon, advised that he had recently derived information from one of the original witnesses in this matter, [REDACTED] had [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Jefferson City, Missouri, and was now residing in Jefferson City at telephone number [REDACTED] is allegedly [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] advised that it had come to his attention another of the primary witnesses Stewardess [REDACTED] allegedly resides in the Sheraton, Oregon area [REDACTED]
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On September 28, 1988, the following individuals were contacted for any information they may have had regarding MERLIN GENE COOPER, but none could provide information: [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Wenatchee, Washington, telephone number [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Pendelton, Oregon, telephone number [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Pendelton, Oregon, telephone number [REDACTED].
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On September 29, 1988, [REDACTED], Corporate Legal Counsel for L. B. INDUSTRIES, P.O. Box 2797, Street 1401, Shoreline Drive, Boise, Idaho 83701, advised that LARRY BARNES INDUSTRIES would have had in their possession the employment records and personnel from ARROW CHEVROLET CORPORATION at which MERLIN GENE COOPER had worked from 1971 to 1972; however, he advised that their records only go back to 1977 and all other records has been destroyed.
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DB Cooper-43739
Serials: PD 164-41