Teletype · Seattle to Los Angeles re suspect Nelson Roland Fortier, Sepulveda lead · 6 December 1971 · page 1 of 2AIType, title and date: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Document date 6 December 1971AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 p. 417 (DB Cooper-45380), Teletype, dated 6 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-751 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-100/pages/417
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR 006 SE PLAINTEXT
6:05 PM U R G E N T 12/6/71 TIM
TO LOS ANGELES
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P
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UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA DASH
HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
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RE MINNEAPOLIS NITEL TO BUREAU DECEMBER TWO, SEVENTYONE.
. RE: NELSON ROLAND FORTIER.
SUSPECT FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES AT SEATTLE AS
MECHANIC AND FLIGHT ENGINEER. LAID OFF APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS
AGO. DESCRIBED AS WHITE, MALE, DOB FEBRUARY TWENTYFOUR, TWENTYTHREE,
FIVE FEET SEVEN INCHES, DARK BROWN HAIR, AND BROWN EYES.
SUSPECT'S WIFE ADVISED ON DECEMBER SIX, SEVENTYONE, THAT
SUSPECT LEFT SEATTLE AREA TWO WEEKS AGO AND IS NOW EMPLOYED BY
DIVIL SERVICE AS AN APPRAISER OF EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE IN LOS ANGELES
AREA. HE IS STAYING AT THE CHASE HOUSE MOTEL, SEPULVEDA, CALIF-
ORNIA, PHONE TWO ONE THREE DASH EIGHT NINE FOUR DASH FIVE SEVEN TWO
ONE. MRS. FORTIER EXPECTS HIM TO RETURN TO SEATTLE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
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