Part 9, page 199
Serials PD 164-41
Document date 12 February 1980
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 9 p. 199, Teletype, dated 12 Feb 1980, serial SD 164-91-167 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-09/pages/199
Transcript
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PAGE THREE PD 164-41 UNCLAS
A [guess: AND] MRS. HAROLD DWAYNE INGRAM OF VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, DISCOVERED A SUM OF MONEY PARTIALLY BURIED BY SAND IN THE NORTH RIVER BANK OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES DOWN RIVER FROM THE U.S. INTERSTATE 5 BRIDGE CROSSING BETWEEN PORTLAND AND VA[N]COUVER, WASHINGTON. THE INGRAMS CONTACTED THE FBI AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE BADLY DECOMPOSED $20 BILLS REVEALS THAT THEY BEAR SERIAL NUMBERS IDENTICAL TO A PORTION OF THOSE GIVEN TO THE HIJACKER. BECAUSE OF THE DECOMPOSED NATURE OF THE BILLS A[N] EXACT ESTIMATE OF THE RECOVERED MONEY IS NOT POSSIBLE PENDING A LABORATORY EXAMINATION, HOWEVER, IT APPEARS TO BE SEVERAL THOUSA[N]D DOLLARS. THE PACKAGING AND THE NUMBERED SEQUENCE I[N]DICATE THAT THE BILLS HAVE NOT BEEN SEPARATED AND ARE IN [M]UCH THE SAME ORDER AS WHEN GIVEN TO THE HIJACKER. THE BILLS WILL BE SE[N]T IMMEDIATELY TO THE FBI LABORATORY FOR ADDITIONAL EXAMI[N]ATION.
IT APPEARS LOGICAL THAT THE PACKAGE OF BILLS COULD HAVE BE[E]N CARRIED DOWNSTREAM ON ONE OF THE WASHINGTON TRIBUTARIES OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER TO THE SITE WHERE THEY WERE FOUND.
SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE FBI FROM OREGON AND WASHINGTON HAVE SECURED THE AREA AND COMMENCED AN INTENSIVE SEARCH. BT