TeletypeLos Angeles to Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle re NORJAK suspect Raymond Sidney Russell11 September 1972page 3 of 4
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Part 113, page 281

DB Cooper-51851Serials LA 164-497

Document date 11 September 1972

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LA 164-497 PAGE THREE

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SHE COULD NOT RECALL, OR NEVER KNEW, WHERE RUSSELL RESIDED IN MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AREA. SHE RECALLS HE MET OLD FRIEND, [REDACTED], AT LOCAL THEATRE AT NIGHT AND STATED FRIEND'S NAME WAS [REDACTED] (LNU) AND HE LIVED IN PALOS VERDES.

IT IS NOTED [REDACTED] PREVIOUSLY INTERVIEWED IN PALOS VERDES PENINSULA AND DETAILS SET FORTH IN REFERENCED TELETYPE.

[REDACTED] NEVER KNEW RUSSELL TO BE EMPLOYED IN THIS AREA, ADDING HIS CONDITION WAS SUCH IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO OBTAIN ANY JOB AND CERTAINLY DID NOT APPEAR FIT TO FLY AIRPLANES.

SHE ADDED HE HAS NOT CONTACTED ALANO CLUB SINCE SIXTY SEVEN AND FEELS DEFINITELY COULD DO SO AS HE WAS REGULAR AT CLUB WHILE IN AREA.

SHE DESCRIBED RUSSELL AS FOLLOWS:

WHITE MALE, FIVE FEET EIGHT OR NINE INCHES TALL, WEIGHS ONE HUNDRED FIFTY, DARK BROWN HAIR, CREWCUT, DARK COMPLEXION, DARK EYES, EXTREME NERVOUSNESS DUE TO EXCESSIVE DRINKING.

[REDACTED] OBSERVED ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF HIJACKER AND ADVISED SHE RECALLS RUSSELL'S FACE MUCH SOFTER IN APPEARANCE.

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