Part 119, page 369
Document date 16 April 1976
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 369 (DB Cooper-54931), Memo, dated 16 Apr 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/369
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KC-164-80 BJC:ksp 1
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On March 26, 1976, [redacted] Federal Records Center, Kansas City, Missouri, made available for review file pertaining to JOHN RICHARD MERIT, U. S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas (USPL) number 85979-132.
JOHN RICHARD MERIT was sentenced August 29, 1960, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, to ten years for bank robbery. He was committed to the USP, Atlanta, Georgia, same date; transferred to Federal Correctional Institute, Terminal Island, California, January 28, 1964; transferred to Federal Prison Camp, Florence, Arizona, June 3, 1966 and mandatorily released Federal Prison Camp, Florence, Arizona, October 25, 1966. MERIT was committed to Federal Correctional Institute, Terminal Island, California, as a mandatory release violator, December 27, 1968; transferred to USPL November 4, 1969, and remandatorily released with good-time USPL, February 12, 1971.
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In regard to letter from U. S. Probation Office, Phoenix, Arizona, file disclosed [redacted] [redacted] Phoenix, Arizona, visited MERIT at USPL [redacted] for one and three-quarters hour and listed himself as an employer.
File indicated MERIT worked in the Administrative Office while at USPL as a clerk. He lived in "A" Dormitory Area - 108, while at USPL.
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File disclosed release plans indicated he would reside with his mother at 1533 or 1536 West Wardlow Road, Apartment 5, Long Beach, California. His Parole Officer would be [redacted] U. S. Courthouse, 312 Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, his supervision to expire December 31, 1971.
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The following is a physical description and back- ground information on MERIT:
Name JOHN RICHARD MERIT Aliases Lavell McKinney, J. R. Merrick, R. Merriman, John D. Roadcap, "Dick"
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DB COOPER-54931