Los Angeles report insert re bank circularization and individuals located in Southern California (LA 164-497)

Document date 7 February 1972

Part 98pages 46–472 pagesDB Cooper-44085–44086

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Document: Los Angeles report insert re bank circularization and individuals located in Southern California (LA 164-497)
Id: Cooper-Part-98:046-047
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 98 pp. 46–47 (DB Cooper-44085–44086), Report, dated 7 Feb 1972, serial SE 164-81-21835 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-98%3A046-047

LA 164-497

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All banks and financial institutions in the Greater Los Angeles area have been circularized with the request that they immediately report any suspicious or unusual financial transactions concerning twenty dollar Federal Reserve Notes.

Officers of the Central Deposit Vaults of major banks and savings and loan institutions in Los Angeles have been furnished copies of the list of ransom money in this matter and copies of this list have been disseminated to branch financial institutions, news media and other businesses and institutions in the Los Angeles area upon request.

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UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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DB COOPER-44085

1 LA 164-497 crs/kah

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AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Through review of appropriate records and interviews of employers, associates or other persons in a position to know of their whereabouts, it has been reported that the following listed individuals were in the Southern California area at the time the Northwest Airlines plane was hijacked on November 24, 1971. In view of this, they do not appear to warrant further consideration as logical suspects at this time:

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HENRY GRADY EPPERSON [REDACTED] LEE JOSEPH GILPATRICK [REDACTED]

EARL BENJAMIN ODEKIRK [REDACTED]

JAMES WAINWRIGHT

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The names of the persons listed below were referred to the Los Angeles Division of the FBI for consideration as possible suspects. Interviews of persons who have recently associated with these possible suspects were conducted and an artist's conception of the hijacker was displayed. It

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164-81-[guess: 21835] SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ FEB 7 1972 FBI — SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-44086

Serials: LA 164-497, SE 164-81-21835