AirtelADIC Los Angeles to Director (Identification Division) re Bryant Jack Coffelt fingerprint comparison and leads24 January 1977page 6 of 7
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Part 120, page 379

DB Cooper-55411Serials LA 164-497

Document date 24 January 1977

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LA 164-497

Vital Statistics in an effort to verify the death of BRYANT COFFELT noting that SUMMERS displayed a xerox copy of a Honolulu State Bulletin obituary indicating COFFELT died at age 59, on June 25, 1975. Obtain any pertinent information regarding cause of death and next of kin.

KANSAS CITY

AT PITTSBURG, KANSAS: Will check records of the Pittsburg, Kansas, Police Department, number A9860, for JACK BRYANT COFFELT as FBI identification records indicate he was arrested 9/29/74, for felony theft. Obtain any pertinent information, for example, any obvious scars or data at time of arrest indicating COFFELT suffered a crippling injury in 1971 in the groin or leg area.

LAS VEGAS

AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Reinterview JAMES H. BROWN concerning alleged buckles remaining from parachute which COFFELT allegedly displayed to them while they were searching for the money in a remote region near Mount Hood.

PORTLAND

AT PORTLAND, OREGON: Conduct investigation as set forth in Las Vegas letter dated 1/4/77.

WASHINGTON FIELD

AT WASHINGTON FIELD, WASHINGTON, D.C.: Check employment records and display photographs of COFFELT to owners or managers of Hoffman Furniture Company, 1824 18th Northwest, Washington, D.C., which firm COFFELT listed as his prior employment from 1963 to 1970 on the records of the Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital. It is noted that SUMMERS claims [REDACTED] determined this place went out of business in 1970, all records were destroyed, and the owner of the firm, a Mr. HOFFMAN, could not recall COFFELT.

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