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

Suspects · 435 with 3 or more mentions

  1. Jack Bryant CoffeltSuspect665 mentions332 documents
  2. Richard Floyd McCoy JrSuspect518 mentions326 documents
  3. George Bryan Siegrist Jr.Suspect199 mentions129 documents
  4. Alvin Curtis HartleySuspect195 mentions127 documents
  5. Donald Sylvester MurphySuspect174 mentions106 documents
  6. William Johnson Louderback MasonSuspect173 mentions108 documents
  7. John Emil ListSuspect171 mentions156 documents
  8. John Neal MarlerSuspect160 mentions120 documents
  9. Douglas C. CooperSuspect148 mentions127 documents
  10. Joseph Henry JohnstonSuspect145 mentions100 documents
  11. James Ray Fugate JrSuspect132 mentions52 documents
  12. Peter Anthony ParloSuspect132 mentions123 documents
  13. Charles Allen WhitakerSuspect127 mentions103 documents
  14. Wayne B. KingSuspect127 mentions91 documents
  15. Robert Wesley RackstrawSuspect126 mentions96 documents
  16. Merlin Gene CooperSuspect121 mentions90 documents
  17. Alvin Benton CelcerSuspectNORJAK suspect; photo shown to witnesses, linked to stolen Slickcraft boat inquiry119 mentions99 documents
  18. Lawrence Allison HobartSuspect118 mentions104 documents
  19. Stewart O. KimeSuspect118 mentions111 documents
  20. John Donald PageSuspect108 mentions82 documents
  21. Charles D. BakerSuspect103 mentions86 documents
  22. Donald Allen BrennenSuspect102 mentions88 documents
  23. James Conrad CliffordSuspect102 mentions94 documents
  24. Richard Drummond DuketSuspectLeavenworth inmate checked as NORJAK suspect; photo shown to witnesses101 mentions88 documents
  25. Ralph Vincent GalopeSuspect98 mentions81 documents
  26. Joseph Royce StaggSuspect97 mentions88 documents
  27. Riley Lafayette TicerSuspect96 mentions85 documents
  28. John Stevens WhatleySuspect95 mentions86 documents
  29. William Charles BevanSuspect92 mentions87 documents
  30. Raymond D. BerryhillSuspectNORJAK suspect whose photograph was displayed to hijacking witnesses91 mentions91 documents
  31. Max Arnold FreemanSuspect90 mentions85 documents
  32. Robert Hammond KeelySuspect89 mentions81 documents
  33. Robert Harold ShoresSuspect89 mentions85 documents
  34. Lawrence Millard CrewsSuspect88 mentions84 documents
  35. Jason Thomas LangsethSuspect87 mentions44 documents
  36. Anthony FernandezSuspect86 mentions84 documents
  37. Douglas Archibald WillowsSuspect85 mentions84 documents
  38. Roland C. LindSuspect85 mentions79 documents
  39. Thomas M. ClancySuspect85 mentions79 documents
  40. William John LewisSuspect83 mentions51 documents
  41. Doyle Wayne HarvellSuspect82 mentions79 documents
  42. Lonny James McClellanSuspect82 mentions81 documents
  43. Billy Ray CoonradSuspectSuspect listed in NORJAK index; photo shown to witnesses81 mentions81 documents
  44. Willard Carlos Twigg JrSuspect80 mentions37 documents
  45. Billie Lee McGillSuspect78 mentions57 documents
  46. Rodney Holbrook PackSuspect77 mentions75 documents
  47. Lawrence Lyster KennedySuspect76 mentions75 documents
  48. Alvin Earle CooperSuspect75 mentions70 documents
  49. Gary Evan Joseph SamdalSuspectNORJAK suspect interviewed in Chicago; description compared by Seattle and Minneapolis75 mentions64 documents
  50. David Arthur StaudtSuspectClaimed to be D.B. Cooper, later recanted in Milwaukee County Jail interview72 mentions30 documents
  51. Gerald HammerSuspect72 mentions67 documents
  52. Edward Burton McGovernSuspect71 mentions71 documents
  53. BuzzSuspectLast name unknown suspect reported from Houston; photos shown to Cord Spreckel69 mentions67 documents
  54. Larry William QuandtSuspect68 mentions43 documents
  55. Schuyler W. Miles JrSuspect68 mentions47 documents
  56. Jack Scott FarmerSuspect67 mentions51 documents
  57. Duane L. WeberSuspect65 mentions45 documents
  58. Harold Lee DowellSuspect65 mentions57 documents
  59. Eugene Leroy WatsonSuspect63 mentions50 documents
  60. Daniel Earl Cooper Sr.Suspect59 mentions56 documents
  61. Anthony Lambert ColeSuspect58 mentions51 documents
  62. Jay D. WhitefordSuspectSuspect whose photograph SA Farrell displayed to a witness, March 197258 mentions51 documents
  63. Kenneth Dowie Jr.SuspectSuspect eliminated by witness Cord Spreckel in photo displays58 mentions57 documents
  64. William Thomas EdwardsSuspect58 mentions57 documents
  65. Donald Otis BurnworthSuspect56 mentions44 documents
  66. Maurice Stanislaus KeatingSuspectSuspect eliminated from photo spreads shown to witness Cord Spreckel56 mentions54 documents
  67. Bernard James CondonSuspect55 mentions52 documents
  68. John Gordon HoskinsSuspectSuspect whose photo was shown to witnesses in Portland and Eugene54 mentions52 documents
  69. Leslie Gene MinceSuspect54 mentions50 documents
  70. Franklin John PainterSuspect53 mentions34 documents
  71. Sheridan L. PetersonSuspect53 mentions37 documents
  72. Ben Franklin Stephens SrSuspect52 mentions49 documents
  73. John DoeSuspectPlaceholder name for the unidentified hijacker, a/k/a Dan Cooper, in Oregon indictment52 mentions42 documents
  74. Robert Ned BishopSuspect52 mentions29 documents
  75. Ben LeibsonSuspectSuspect investigated in Las Vegas; photo shown to witnesses and eliminated51 mentions42 documents
  76. Harry W. CelkSuspect50 mentions36 documents
  77. Henry Grady EppersonSuspect49 mentions42 documents
  78. William Francis DeemsSuspect49 mentions38 documents
  79. Daniel Louis CooperSuspectSuspect surfaced in checks of persons named Cooper with pilot ratings48 mentions35 documents
  80. Donald Louis CooperSuspectNORJAK suspect; photo shown to witness at Eugene, Oregon; name resembled hijacker's alias48 mentions43 documents
  81. Owen Murray ReynoldsSuspect48 mentions25 documents
  82. Robert BallSuspectNORJAK suspect; DMV checks and photos shown to witnesses47 mentions42 documents
  83. Robert Francis HetchlerSuspectMilwaukee-area suspect; Racine police records checked, photo shown to witness47 mentions45 documents
  84. Garth Hudson DunningSuspect46 mentions38 documents
  85. Howard James HubbellSuspectBank robbery subject named as Cooper in a Dallas deathbed claim46 mentions37 documents
  86. Charles Andrew TullerSuspect45 mentions21 documents
  87. Marvin John CooperSuspect45 mentions40 documents
  88. William Francis Johnston Sr.Suspect45 mentions43 documents
  89. Fred Angelo CatalanoSuspectTWA purser interviewed and carried in NORJAK suspect index; photos shown to stewardess44 mentions34 documents
  90. Leif E. HansenSuspectSuspect whose photograph was displayed to witnesses in November 197244 mentions40 documents
  91. Raymond Torrey HealdSuspect44 mentions21 documents
  92. Robert Lee HortonSuspect44 mentions40 documents
  93. Billy Jewel SparksSuspect42 mentions22 documents
  94. Michael James SchweikertSuspect42 mentions39 documents
  95. Arthur B. DerhamSuspect41 mentions26 documents
  96. Darryl Bruce CooperSuspect41 mentions41 documents
  97. Stuart Stoffer FisherSuspect41 mentions35 documents
  98. Donald Elmore TurnerSuspect40 mentions29 documents
  99. John Dean CooperSuspectName-match suspect checked via NPRC, Wyoming license; Denver/St. Louis leads40 mentions29 documents
  100. Joseph R. StaggsSuspectSuspect whose photo was shown to a witness with negative identification39 mentions35 documents

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