Los Angeles to Seattle re suspect J. R. Cucuzza interview

Document date 3 December 1971

Part 98pages 227–2282 pagesDB Cooper-44291–44292

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Document: Teletype Los Angeles to Seattle re suspect J. R. Cucuzza interview
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 98 pp. 227–228 (DB Cooper-44291–44292), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-98%3A227-228

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NR018 LA PLAIN 8:24PM URGENT 12-3-71 DCB TO SEATTLE (164-81) FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) 2P

UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, FLIGHT NUMBER THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

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RE LOS ANGELES TELCALL THIS DATE AND SEATTLE TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SACRAMENTO DECEMBER ONE LAST. RE SUSPECT JOHN RICHARD CUCUZZA, AKA J.R. CUCUZZA. -ON DECEMBER TWO LAST, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], INTERVIEWED AND ADVISED SHE [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] SIX TWO FIVE FOURTH AVENUE WEST, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. SHE IS UNAWARE OF ANY EMPLOYMENT IN SEATTLE FOR CUCUZZA BUT KNOWS HIM TO ATTEND ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS SESSIONS THAT AREA. END PAGE ONE

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164-81- [illegible] SEARCHED ......... INDEXED ........ SERIALIZED /[illegible] FILED /[illegible] DEC 8 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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LA 164-497 PAGE TWO

[REDACTED]. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN.

SHE SAID CUCUZZA HEAVY DRINKER AND AFTER READING DESCRIPTION OF HIJACKER IN LOCAL PAPER IT CROSSED HER MIND THIS DESCRIPTION CLOSELY MATCHED THAT OF [REDACTED]. [REDACTED]. SHE HAS HAD NO PERSONAL CONTACT [REDACTED] AND DESCRIBED HIM AS WHITE MALE, BORN MAY THIRTY, NINETEEN TWENTY SIX, AT BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, SIX FEET, ONE SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, OLIVE OR SWARTHY COMPLEXION, KINKY BLACK HAIR WORN SHORT, BROWN EYES, SMOKES OVER TWO PACKS OF FILTER CIGARETTES PER DAY, BRAND UNKNOWN.

[REDACTED]. FACSIMILE BEING SENT SEATTLE THIS DATE AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOLLOW VIA REGISTERED AIR MAIL. SEATTLE ATTEMPT LOCATE AND ESTABLISH WHEREABOUTS OF JOHN RICHARD CUCUZZA, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS SIX TWO FIVE FOURTH AVENUE WEST, DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. END HOLD

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Serials: LA 164-497, SE 164-81