Part 49, page 333

DB Cooper-20476

Document date 14 July 1989

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 49 p. 333 (DB Cooper-20476), Letter, dated 14 Jul 1989, serial SE 164-81-9018 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-49/pages/333

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July 14, 1989

Mr John Eyre, Spokesman F.B.I. 915 2nd Ave., Seattle, Wash.

Dear Mr Eyre:

Wire service stories quote you (o/about June 30) as still in- vestigating possible links between [REDACTED] and D.B. Cooper, revived again since [REDACTED] was captured using the name [REDACTED]

Outside of Westfield, it wouldn't be so obviously recognized that [REDACTED] beloved Church had a street address uncannily co- incidental to his new name or names (see below).

In another random co-incidence, an [REDACTED] was living at [REDACTED] in Westfield, [REDACTED] from the [REDACTED] in the same block be- cause of peculiarities in the Westfield numbering system, but whether [REDACTED] who would know now? Anyway, "D.B." Cooper sounds more like "Double Back" Cooper from the way he flew Portland to Seattle and back.

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Westfield, N.J. July 9, 1989

[REDACTED] Westfield Leader 50 Elm Street Westfield, N.J.

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[REDACTED] was found and arrested using the name [REDACTED] The initials [REDACTED] could also stand for [REDACTED] the man [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] is also suspected of being D.B. Cooper, the mysterious plane hijacker who vanished in Nov- ember 1971 shortly after [REDACTED] himself disappeared.

[REDACTED] beloved Church and [REDACTED] were located at the intersection of [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] here in Westfield.

With a twist of the tongue and a one-letter spelling change, the Church address becomes [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]

Could [REDACTED] as part of his aberrant fanatacism, have chosen his Church's address as the nucleus of one or more new identities?

Yours very truly,

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Cutting from Yellow Pages, 1969 Directory

[partially legible clipping] 822 Churches—Cleaners Churches–Lutheran–Missouri Synod Lutheran Church Holy Cross Missouri Synod 639MtnAvSpgfld [guess: Springfield] 379-4525 232-1517 232-7675 [illegible] ...Messiah Lutheran Church ...

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[REDACTED] new initials, [REDACTED] even in uninterrupted order

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DB Cooper-20476

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b6 b7C

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A citizen writes to FBI Spokesman John Eyre in Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper case, pointing out alleged coincidences between a suspect's church address in Westfield, N.J. and the suspect's assumed names. The writer notes the suspect was recently captured and links were being investigated. A reference block citing the Westfield Leader newspaper at 50 Elm Street, Westfield, N.J., dated July 9, 1989. The writer describes a suspect found and arrested under an alias, suspected of being D.B. Cooper. The writer speculates that the suspect may have derived new identity names from the address of his beloved church in Westfield by rearranging or slightly altering the spelling of the street names at the intersection. A photocopy of a 1969 Yellow Pages directory clipping showing Lutheran-Missouri Synod church listings, including Holy Cross Lutheran Church and Messiah Lutheran Church with phone numbers. A handwritten note pointing out that new initials can be found in uninterrupted order, presumably within a church address or name. FBI file reference stamp at the bottom of the page. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement – personal privacy) noted repeatedly in the right margin, indicating redactions applied under these exemptions.

Multiple redacted (blacked-out) blocks throughout the letter obscure names, addresses, and other identifying details
Margins contain b6/b7C exemption codes indicating FOIA redactions
Bottom portion includes a photocopy of a Yellow Pages directory clipping that is partially legible
Some handwritten annotations at the bottom of the page

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