AirtelRe fugitive ITSMV subject considered as Cooper suspect, with leads to Minneapolis, Sacramento and Omaha16 April 1974page 1 of 2
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Part 68, page 287

DB Cooper-29102Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6212

Document date 16 April 1974

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FBI Date: 4/16/74

Transmit the following in __________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via __AIRTEL__ (Priority)

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TO: SAC, [REDACTED] FROM: SAC, [REDACTED] (P) SUBJECT: [REDACTED] aka -X FUGITIVE; [REDACTED] ITSMV

OO: [REDACTED] BUFILE: [REDACTED]

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Re Omaha report of SA THOMAS B. MILLER, dated 2/15/74; and Omaha letters to Sacramento, dated 3/26/74 and 3/29/74.

Enclosed for Sacramento are six copies of Omaha investigative insert at Lincoln, Nebraska.

On 4/12/74 [REDACTED] Minnetonka, Minnesota, personally contacted the North Platte, Nebraska, Resident Agency. They advised that RUSSELL WALTER FINKLER had been missing from their jurisdiction since 11/11/73 and that on 3/31/74 his body was found near Minnetonka. They further advised that the vehicle that subject [REDACTED] stole was stolen less than two miles from where FINKLER's body was recovered and where his abandoned car was found. They further advised that the stolen Minnesota license plates found in the [REDACTED] stolen car were stolen less than two miles from the FINKLER body.

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3 - Minneapolis (1)- Seattle (164-81) (Info) 1 - [REDACTED] (Info) 1 - Indianapolis (Info) 1 - Knoxville (Info) 1 - [REDACTED] (Info) 1 - Phoenix (Info) 2 - [REDACTED] (Enc. 6) 1 - [REDACTED] (Info) 5 - Omaha TBM: [REDACTED] Approved: (17) _____ Sent _____ M Special A[gent] [in charge]

U.S.Government Printing Office: 1972 -- 455 574 DB Cooper-29102