ReportInvestigative insert by SA Samuel M. McPheters re Pendleton/Hermiston inquiries on Merlin Gene Cooper7 November 1988page 2 of 2
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Part 97, page 205

DB Cooper-43739Serials PD 164-41

Document date 7 November 1988

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PD 164A-41

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Umatilla, Oregon and Umatilla Army Depot exit. It is noted this area had been excavated and all housing torn down in preparation for a new interstate outlet ramp, which was under construction. Subsequent inquiries through [REDACTED], Right of Way Office, State Highway Department, Pendelton, Oregon, disclosed that the lady who had owned that ranch, JANE MILLER, who MERLIN GENE COOPER had later married, had moved after selling the ranch to an address at 2384 Columbus, Muskogee, Oklahoma 97401, telephone number (918) 687-4692, and from there she had moved back to Umatilla, Oregon, to an address at 320 Monroe Street.

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On August 17, 1988, RALPH HIMMELBACH, retired Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent from Portland Division, telephone number 636-5444, Weston, Oregon, advised that he had recently derived information from one of the original witnesses in this matter, [REDACTED] had [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Jefferson City, Missouri, and was now residing in Jefferson City at telephone number [REDACTED] is allegedly [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] advised that it had come to his attention another of the primary witnesses Stewardess [REDACTED] allegedly resides in the Sheraton, Oregon area [REDACTED]

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On September 28, 1988, the following individuals were contacted for any information they may have had regarding MERLIN GENE COOPER, but none could provide information: [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Wenatchee, Washington, telephone number [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Pendelton, Oregon, telephone number [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Pendelton, Oregon, telephone number [REDACTED].

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On September 29, 1988, [REDACTED], Corporate Legal Counsel for L. B. INDUSTRIES, P.O. Box 2797, Street 1401, Shoreline Drive, Boise, Idaho 83701, advised that LARRY BARNES INDUSTRIES would have had in their possession the employment records and personnel from ARROW CHEVROLET CORPORATION at which MERLIN GENE COOPER had worked from 1971 to 1972; however, he advised that their records only go back to 1977 and all other records has been destroyed.

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DB Cooper-43739