AirtelSAC Miami to SAC Seattle (RUC) re NORJAK suspect at Merita Bakeries, Oakland Park, Florida14 September 1978page 2 of 3
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Part 42, page 118

DB Cooper-16813Serials MM 164-552

Document date 14 September 1978

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MM 164-552

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During the period 8/14/78 through 8/23/78, several attempts were made to contact [REDACTED] at his place of employment and at his place of residence. All attempts met with negative results as [REDACTED] was never found to be at his place of employment or at his place of residence.

On 8/28/78, [REDACTED] was contacted at his place of employment; that is, Merita Bakeries, Oakland Park, Florida. At that time, he provided the following information:

He has been employed with Merita Bakeries for approximately [REDACTED] He was so employed during November, 1971. He has never been in the northwest portion of the United States; specifically, he has never been in Oregon or Washington.

[REDACTED] was noted to be a white male, and he advised he was born [REDACTED] He is 5'11" tall, and has weighed between 150 and 160 pounds for the past 15 to 20 years. He has [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He was [REDACTED] [REDACTED] however, as the years passed, he became less and less involved in skydiving. Only on occasions, does he now jump. In [REDACTED] [REDACTED] She now resides at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Margate, Florida, which was his place of residence at the time of the D. B. COOPER hijacking.

In his denial that he is identical to the indivi- dual known as D. B. COOPER, who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines flight on 11/24/71, [REDACTED] stated he was not quite sure how he would be able to establish his whereabouts on the specific date of 11/24/71. He feels that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] that he was in the South Florida area on that particular date. Also, since he has been an employee of Merita Bakeries for approximately [REDACTED] [REDACTED] the possibility exists that payroll records might establish his presence in the Ft. Lauderdale area on 11/24/71. If the need should arise, [REDACTED] was of the opinion that he could probably find a photograph of himself taken sometime around 1971.

On 9/11/78, [REDACTED] telephonically advised that he had been in touch with his [REDACTED], Merita Bakeries, 561 N. W. 32nd Street, Miami, Florida, who

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DB Cooper-16813