Part 52, page 226

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(Rev. 01-31-2003)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 05/07/2007

To: Seattle Attn: SSA [REDACTED] b6 b7C From: Anchorage Squad 5 Contact: SA [REDACTED]

Approved By: [REDACTED] b6 b7C Drafted By: [REDACTED] jad

Case ID #: SE 164A-81 (Pending) 9H67

Title: NORJAK; CAA-HIJACK

Synopsis: To report investigation.

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Enclosure(s): Copies of Alaska driver's license, identification cards and criminal history for Lyle C. Franklin, date of birth 05/19/1949.

Details: On April 18, 2007, writer received a lead from the Portland Division regarding a complaint call from [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Anchorage, Alaska, [REDACTED] believed that Lyle C. Franklin was actually "D.B. Cooper."

On April 20, 2007, [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED] medical examiner's office, advised that an autopsy had been performed on Lyle Franklin and that a blood sample had been obtained. After the autopsy, Franklin was cremated.

On April 23, 2007, [REDACTED] contacted the Anchorage Division and advised that Franklin died on March 31, 2007. Prior to his death, Franklin told her that he was a bank robber. [REDACTED] advised that she believed that Franklin looked like the composite sketch of Cooper. [REDACTED] claimed that Franklin had a parachute cord, safety glasses and two flight jackets at his residence. He also had money in a box in a closet at his residence that he told [REDACTED] he found.

Franklin had been in the military, jumped from helicopters and served in Vietnam until 1974. Franklin told

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DB Cooper-21900