TeletypeNitel teletype Sacramento to Seattle re NORJAK ex-paratrooper suspect10 April 1974page 2 of 2
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Part 117, page 270

DB Cooper-53760

Document date 10 April 1974

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 117 p. 270 (DB Cooper-53760), Teletype, dated 10 Apr 1974, serial SE 164-81-696 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-117/pages/270

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AND [REDACTED] YOUNG CHILDREN. ABOUT 1 OR 2 WEEKS AFTER HIJACKING OCCURRED, THE EX-PARATROOPER MOVED AWAY CLAIMING HE WAS GOING TO PUERTO RICO TO LIVE. [REDACTED] LEFT A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE HE DID. WHEN HE LEFT, HE SOLD ALL HIS FURNITURE AT VERY CHEAP PRICES. THE EX-PARATROOPER WAS DESCRIBED BY [REDACTED] AS WMA, LATE 30'S, APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET 10 INCHES, SLENDER BUILD BUT BIG BONED, SHORT BLACK HAIR, TAN COMPLEXION. AT THE TIME UNSUB'S ARTIST CONCEPTION DRAWING APPEARED IN LOCAL PAPERS AT TACOMA, SERGEANT [REDACTED] NOTED SOME RESEMBLANCE TO THE EX-PARATROOPER. ALSO IT IS [REDACTED] RECOLLECTION THAT EX-PARATROOPER'S DESCRIPTION GENERALLY SIMILAR TO UNSUB. THIS FACT COUPLED WITH THE FACT THE NEIGHBOR WAS AN EX-PARATROOPER AND THAT HE MOVED AWAY SHORTLY AFTER HIJACKING OCCURRED LEADS [REDACTED] TO BELIEVE HE COULD BE CONSIDERED A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED CASE. SEATTLE AT TACOMA, IDENTIFY EX-PARATROOPER DESCRIBED ABOVE BY QUESTIONING MR. POWELL, SUPRA, OR OTHER LOGICAL NEIGHBORS, AND THEREAFTER DE[T]ERMINE IF HE COULD BE CONSIDERED LOGICAL SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED CASE. ////////////////////////ARMED AND DANGEROUS.//////////////////////// END DCA FBI SEATTLE CLR

DB COOPER-53760