ReportButte investigative insert (REC/db) re Leonard D. Knight background, BT 87-1007017 May 19731 page
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Part 111, page 426

DB Cooper-50839Serials 104-81-46612, 164-36

Document date 17 May 1973

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BT #37-10070 NO #164-36 REC/db Page 1

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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED] AT CHALLIS, IDAHO

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On March 14, 1973, the telephone directory for Challis and Clayton, Idaho, revealed telephone #838-2343 is subscribed to by LEONARD D. KNIGHT, Clayton.

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[REDACTED], Custer County, Challis, advised on March 14, 1973, and [REDACTED] just [REDACTED] from KNIGHT's. She has known the [REDACTED] for several years and stated KNIGHT's employment is at the Hoo-Doo Mine, approximately 20 miles above Clayton. He has worked steadily at this mine since it reopened about five years ago. Prior to the opening of the Hoc-Doo Mine, KNIGHT worked around the valley for different ranchers and prospected.

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[REDACTED] stated KNIGHT and his wife enjoy a good reputation in the neighborhood and, to her knowledge, has never been mixed up in anything "shady."

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[REDACTED] advised she recently checked the records of the Custer County Sheriff's Office and there was no arrest record for KNIGHT.

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KNIGHT's driver's license for the State of Idaho reveals his birth date as December 26, 1922, and his Social Security Number as 519-22-3444.

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[REDACTED] advised the [REDACTED] have resided in the Clayton and Challis area all of their lives, with the exception of about three years several years ago when they resided at a [REDACTED] which is located in the primitive area.

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Sub 437 \04- 81 -46612 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] MAY 1 7 1973 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-50839