Part 100, page 124

Document date 2 February 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 p. 124 (DB Cooper-45046), Report, dated 2 Feb 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-100/pages/124

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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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[REDACTED b6/b7C] HENRY GRADY EPPERSON [REDACTED b6/b7C] LEE JOSEPH GILPATRICK [REDACTED b6/b7C] EARL BENJAMIN ODEKIRK [REDACTED b6/b7C] MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN [REDACTED b6/b7C] 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-[illegible] SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED FEB 7 1972 FBI—SEATTLE [handwritten initials/signature, illegible]

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DB COOPER-45046

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Handwritten annotation and typed file reference number with initials, indicating this is page 1 of FBI Los Angeles file LA 164-497, prepared by staff with initials crs/kah. Introductory paragraph stating that through record review and interviews, the following individuals were confirmed to be in Southern California at the time of the Northwest Airlines hijacking on November 24, 1971, and therefore are not considered logical suspects. List of five named individuals cleared as suspects in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, each with adjacent personal identifying information redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement privacy). The individuals are: Henry Grady Epperson, Lee Joseph Gilpatrick, Earl Benjamin Odekirk, Michael Charles Sullivan, and James Wainwright. Beginning of a second paragraph describing a separate group of suspects referred to the Los Angeles Division of the FBI. Interviews were conducted with associates of these suspects and an artist's conception of the hijacker was shown to them. Text is cut off at the bottom of the page. FBI Seattle office routing and filing stamp dated February 7, 1972, indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. Partial case number 164-81-[illegible] is visible with a handwritten annotation. FBI Vault document identifier for the D.B. Cooper case collection, indicating this page is document/image 45046 in the DB Cooper file series.

Typed text is generally clear and legible
Multiple FOIA redaction blocks (b6/b7C) obscure personal identifying information adjacent to named suspects
Bottom-right file stamp is partially legible; some handwritten characters are difficult to read
Two black circular dots at top of page may be page-alignment or microfiche markers
Handwritten annotation in top-left corner is partially legible

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