People

Everyone the files name, one entry each, with every spelling the transcripts produced folded into the person it means.

Roles, notes and the merging of name variants into one person are machine-generated and can be wrong, and some people appear in the files only under redacted names.

5,165 people named, plus the hijacker. 1,518 mentions of people whose names are withheld or unrecorded.

The hijackerD.B. CooperThe unidentified hijacker (UNSUB). Alias 'Dan Cooper' from the ticket; 'D.B.' from press error.9,838 mentions · 7,577 documents · 144 spellings

Everyone else · 1,660 with 3 or more mentions

  1. Ernest Frederick WohlmacherSuspectNORJAK suspect Sub 353; license, vehicle and military records checked, eliminated16 mentions12 documents
  2. Jesse JamesOther16 mentions13 documents
  3. Joseph Richard Cucuzza SrSuspect16 mentions11 documents
  4. Kenneth Peter ChristiansenSuspectNamed as Cooper by anonymous Minnesota tipsters and a letter writer16 mentions6 documents
  5. Kenneth Robert AndersonSuspect16 mentions10 documents
  6. Leonard Bertil DavissonSuspectNORJAK suspect Sub 673 investigated by Butte and Boise offices16 mentions9 documents
  7. Leroy R. ElliottFBI agent16 mentions16 documents
  8. Lucinda ReyesWitness or source16 mentions10 documents
  9. Ralph D. HessSuspect16 mentions11 documents
  10. Ralph J. MulvihillSuspect16 mentions13 documents
  11. Raymond Harold SearcySuspectNORJAK suspect Sub 506; Boeing personnel file and license photo reviewed, eliminated16 mentions8 documents
  12. Richard Frank SchwandtSuspect16 mentions7 documents
  13. Richard NicholLaw enforcementChelan County sheriff who reported Wenatchee-area Cooper suspect leads16 mentions14 documents
  14. Roger S. YoungFBI agent16 mentions15 documents
  15. Ronald N. NicholsFBI agent16 mentions15 documents
  16. Strom ThurmondOfficial16 mentions14 documents
  17. Wendell Warren WisslerSuspectSuspect named by Mount Si Golf Course informant; photo shown to witnesses16 mentions13 documents
  18. Albert Louis EagleSuspect15 mentions14 documents
  19. Allen Eugene YorkSuspect15 mentions7 documents
  20. Arthur L. WheelerWitness or source15 mentions10 documents
  21. Billie Dean McConnellSuspect15 mentions10 documents
  22. C. Arnholt SmithUnknown roleNamed in clippings on Washougal River bill finds and LA Cooper series; possibly reporter15 mentions12 documents
  23. Charles Thomas BoggsSuspectLos Angeles NORJAK suspect developed from telephone tip15 mentions4 documents
  24. Charles Victor DunawaySuspectOregon suspect who claimed to be D.B. Cooper; investigated at Hillsboro and Portland15 mentions7 documents
  25. D. J. CooperUnknown roleLikely garbled rendering of hijacker alias Dan Cooper in photo-spread memos15 mentions15 documents
  26. David R. ButterfieldOther15 mentions11 documents
  27. Dennis Lyle WalkerSuspect15 mentions13 documents
  28. Dixy Lee RayOfficial15 mentions15 documents
  29. Donald James PeachSuspectSuspect whose photograph was displayed to a witness at Eugene, Oregon15 mentions15 documents
  30. Edmund Charles Oldfin JrSuspectSeattle NORJAK suspect (Sub 25); DMV and record checks15 mentions10 documents
  31. Graham Sanford PalmerSuspect15 mentions6 documents
  32. Henry M. JacksonOfficial15 mentions10 documents
  33. James HatfieldSuspect15 mentions8 documents
  34. Joe TannerUnknown roleNamed in 1980s clippings about the Ingram family; role unclear15 mentions14 documents
  35. John N. CampbellFBI agent15 mentions15 documents
  36. John SchaffSuspectNORJAK suspect, aka John Allyn Scott; Alaska/Valdez Fluor records checked15 mentions13 documents
  37. Ken MooreFBI agentFBI special agent cited eliminating a suspect; appears in press coverage15 mentions15 documents
  38. Lawrence Edward FrankSuspect15 mentions13 documents
  39. Richard ZahlerJournalistSeattle Times reporter covering 1980 Cooper money hunt and Ariel15 mentions15 documents
  40. RnnFBI agentUnidentified initials of Seattle drafter on later NORJAK airtels and memos15 mentions15 documents
  41. Roger Lee TharaldsonSuspect15 mentions9 documents
  42. Sidney I. LezakLawyerU.S. Attorney, District of Oregon; handled John Doe a/k/a Dan Cooper indictment15 mentions15 documents
  43. Steve JohnstonJournalist15 mentions15 documents
  44. William Franklin CraneSuspect15 mentions7 documents
  45. William S. BrownFBI agent15 mentions13 documents
  46. Alex JosephSuspect14 mentions11 documents
  47. Bill LewisSuspectAppears in NORJAK suspect index; possibly William Bucklin Lewis of Seattle-San Francisco correspondence14 mentions12 documents
  48. Daryl E. LembkeJournalistLos Angeles Times reporter covering ransom bills and hijacking leads14 mentions14 documents
  49. David Lester McCartneySuspectSuspect identified by informant; Las Vegas and Philadelphia leads14 mentions10 documents
  50. David Sturges CooperSuspectNORJAK Subject Number 738; eliminated by Latent Fingerprint Section comparison14 mentions9 documents
  51. George J. TzangasLawyerCanton, Ohio attorney present at FD-302 interviews of McCoy relatives14 mentions11 documents
  52. Homer A. Boynton Jr.FBI agentFBI headquarters official interviewed by Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes Coffelt segment14 mentions12 documents
  53. J. Robert SutthoffFBI agent14 mentions13 documents
  54. JJTOtherTeletype operator initials on communications, not a named individual14 mentions14 documents
  55. James R. MontgomerySuspect14 mentions8 documents
  56. James WainwrightSuspectLos Angeles-area suspect; Malibu residence tip, verified in Southern California and eliminated14 mentions12 documents
  57. Jane MillerWitness or source14 mentions10 documents
  58. John Allyn ScottSuspect14 mentions13 documents
  59. Joseph C. AlstonFBI agentLos Angeles agent on Coffelt parachute leads and 'Still at Large' documentary14 mentions13 documents
  60. Joseph E. O'ConnellFBI agentASAC Seattle; designated full-time agent for NORJAK, quoted in press14 mentions13 documents
  61. Margaret B. WoodUnknown roleFigure in Los Angeles 'Silkwood' suspect investigation; exact relationship unclear14 mentions7 documents
  62. Max L. WilsonFBI agent14 mentions11 documents
  63. Richard William SchultzSuspect14 mentions12 documents
  64. Richard WilliamsLaw enforcement14 mentions10 documents
  65. Ronald E. SherkFBI agentSpecial Agent, Portland office; interviews, composite displays, hospital circularization14 mentions14 documents
  66. William Charles SmithSuspect14 mentions8 documents
  67. Acting Director, FBIOfficialTitle rather than name; Bureau Acting Director as addressee on NORJAK communications13 mentions13 documents
  68. Alan Fairfax CooperSuspectSubject whose photograph was displayed to witnesses in November 197313 mentions13 documents
  69. Don AmendoliaOtherPlaywright behind 'The D.B. Cooper Project' at Cricket Theater, Minneapolis13 mentions9 documents
  70. James AnnisOtherMissing Washington youth; bones found near Cougar checked against Cooper search13 mentions13 documents
  71. James N. RounsavellSuspectSubject of tip with alibi checked; also source naming Joe Ingall13 mentions10 documents
  72. Joe IngallSuspectSuspect (phonetic name) furnished by James N. Rounsavell; leads across several offices13 mentions8 documents
  73. John F. RicksFBI agentAgent who examined hijacked 727 at Reno and interviewed stewardess13 mentions13 documents
  74. John L. KetchamFBI agentSeattle Special Agent; attache-case radio theory, hospital circularization memos13 mentions13 documents
  75. Linda Ann LewisOther13 mentions13 documents
  76. Milo James Maurice KippenSuspect13 mentions9 documents
  77. Mitchell O. ClarkeSuspect13 mentions10 documents
  78. Patrick Joseph CollinsSuspect13 mentions6 documents
  79. Richard Eugene ObringerSuspect13 mentions7 documents
  80. Richard J. SimmonsPassenger13 mentions11 documents
  81. Samuel M. McPhetersFBI agent13 mentions13 documents
  82. Ted RobinsonWitness or source13 mentions9 documents
  83. Thomas G. AckermanFBI agentPortland office agent on early hijacking teletypes and search coordination13 mentions13 documents
  84. Unknown Subject (aka Dan Cooper / D. B. Cooper)Suspect13 mentions12 documents
  85. Warren ElfendahlSuspect13 mentions10 documents
  86. Barbara M. DurhamLawyerSeattle attorney arranging polygraph for client claiming Cooper knowledge12 mentions10 documents
  87. Carl H. BistramUnknown roleNamed in Dallas inserts on Hubbell/Clair Young NORJAK lead; role unclear12 mentions9 documents
  88. Director, FBIOfficialBureau Director as routing addressee; title rather than an individually named person12 mentions12 documents
  89. Donald B. CallahanSuspect12 mentions7 documents
  90. Donald Paul BrockwaySuspect12 mentions6 documents
  91. Donald W. ClarkSuspect12 mentions8 documents
  92. Dorwin SchreuderFBI agent12 mentions11 documents
  93. Douglas LunaWitness or sourceIdentified a University of Washington student as resembling the hijacker12 mentions10 documents
  94. Edward Anthony LameSuspect12 mentions8 documents
  95. Edward M. Mc GrathFBI agent12 mentions12 documents
  96. Floyd Marion BarneySuspect12 mentions5 documents
  97. Gene Michael BlandSuspectSuspect pursued through Reno, Sacramento and Charlotte leads12 mentions10 documents
  98. Gerald L. SibleyWitness or source12 mentions9 documents
  99. Glade Harlen MalinoskiSuspect12 mentions7 documents
  100. Harry E. CronkSuspect12 mentions7 documents

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