MemoTo SAC Seattle re Kitsap County report on escapee Roger Lee Tharaldson26 March 1975page 1 of 2
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Part 116, page 176

DB Cooper-53177Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6508

Document date 26 March 1975

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) DATE: 3/26/75

FROM : SA [REDACTED]

SUBJECT: NORJAK INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ROGER LEE THARALDSON, aka Thoraldson

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On 3/20/75, [REDACTED] Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, advised that above named subject, who is currently an escapee from the Monroe Reformatory, as of 3/3/75, when he failed to return from Edmonds Community College at 3:50 pm, is a good look-alike of the artist con- cept of D. B. COOPER. THARALDSON is described as follows:

Race: Caucasian Sex: Male DOB: 12/2/45 POB: Bremerton, Washington Height: 5'11" Weight: 145 lbs. Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Complexion: Fair Build: Medium Alias: RON MANTHE

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He was arrested in Bellingham, Washington in 1973 for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and was sentenced to ten years in pri- son. Whatcom County case number is 8339. THARALDSON had for- merly been under probation in Cowlitz County following a parole on 4/9/71 and his parole officer was CLARE MURRAY, Kelso, Wash- ington.

[REDACTED] advised that THARALDSON was in and around the "drop area" of the D. B. COOPER incident during the periods 1971 through 1973.

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