Part 23, page 134
DB Cooper-7281Serials 164-77, SE 164-81
Document date 3 March 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 23 p. 134 (DB Cooper-7281), Airtel, dated 3 Mar 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-23/pages/134
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3/3/72
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AIRTEL
TO: SAC, MOBILE FROM: SAC, NEW HAVEN (164-77) SUBJECT: NORJAK
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Surv 3/[illegible] James Hoffecker
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ReBuairtel 11/29/71.
On 2/14/72 [REDACTED] who resides at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised he had read a story in the "New York Sunday News", page 165 dated 2/13/72, which contained a composite sketch of the unknown hijacker. [REDACTED] said this sketch closely resembles JAMES MATFIELD, formerly of Clinton, Conn., who owned Highview Acres, Inc., and who built and sold two to three hundred homes in a development known as Lockwood. [REDACTED] said he formerly lived in this development. He advised that MATFIELD was in financial difficulty and left the area in 1988, at which time he reportedly went to Mexico City. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] said MATFIELD was represented by the law firm of [REDACTED] He also stated that a [REDACTED] who lived [REDACTED] was in correspondence with MATFIELD in Mobile, Alabama.
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[REDACTED] described MATFIELD as a white male, age 40 - 48, 6', black hair, brown eyes, medium-pitched voice, slight Southern accent, and usually wearing sunglasses. He said MATFIELD was "smart and calm." He also stated MATFIELD often flew a small plane, but he did not know if he was a parachutist.
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2 Mobile (2) Seattle (164-81) 2 New Haven JDM:smd (6)
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SEARCHED ......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED] MAR 0 7 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-7281
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b6 b7C
b6 b7C