Letter · Pierce County Sheriff Lyle Smith to FBI Seattle re Cooper suspect tip · 28 February 1980 · 1 pageAIType, title and date: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Document date 28 February 1980AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 43 p. 336 (DB Cooper-17564), Letter, dated 28 Feb 1980, serial SE 164-81-8284 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-43/pages/336
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PIERCE COUNTY
COUNTY-CITY BUILDING
TACOMA, WASHINGTON 98402
OFFICE OF COUNTY SHERIFF
LYLE SMITH
SHERIFF
In Reply: Refer to File No.
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February 28, 1980
Federal Bureau of Investigation
915 Second
Seattle, Washington
Re: C. B. Cooper
Gentlemen:
[REDACTED] in Pierce County, telephone b6
number [REDACTED] telephoned the Pierce County Sheriff's Office b7C
indicating that a long-time [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] was just the type of personality that has been de-
scribed in the news; also, the [REDACTED] had received paratrooper
training.
She does not know the whereabouts of this man, but states that he had
[REDACTED] the Seattle Police b6
Department. Also, there is a [REDACTED] who resides somewhere in b7C
Grays Harbor who might have knowledge of his location.
We recognize this is extremely slim, but we never thought you would
find the money either. b6
b7C
Sincerely,
Lyle Smith
SHERIFF OF PIERCE COUNTY
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MAR 4 1980
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PIERCE COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER [REDACTED] b6
b7C
DB Cooper-17564
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