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DB Cooper / Re: Tena Bar Money Find
« Last post by snowmman on June 08, 2023, 05:42:23 PM »
breaking news
was Ted adopted?
I think he had a true brother John E. Braden and a step-brother later
Not sure yet who's mom John E. Braden was?

UPDATE TO POST
Mary Helen Decker was Ted Jr's real mother. She had been married to Ted Burdette Braden Sr. when she had Ted Jr.
So Ted Jr had a brother John E. Braden but then he had  a younger step brother Clifford Eugene Dearbaugh Jr. born in 1932.

She then married Clifford Eugene Dearbaugh Sr in 1930, so Ted Jr. would have been a baby?
So that Ted Jr kind of moved into the new family situation as a baby?

details:


I notice Ted Jr's father had 3 marriages

Ted Sr. married Mary Helen Decker.
Mary was born on January 9 1909, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
They had 2 sons: Ted Burdette Braden and John E. Braden.

Ted Sr. then married Helen Florence Diller.
Helen was born on February 4 1901, in Huntington, Indiana, United States.

Ted Sr. then married Lois E. Johnston.
Lois was born on October 10 1907, in Saunemin, Livingston, Illinois.

# Did ted have a stepfather?  1930 • Step – Clifford Eugene Dearbaugh Sr.


Clifford Eugene Dearbaugh Sr.
Male 1900–1984
Mary Helen Decker
Female 1909–1997 
Marriage
6 November 1930
Auglaize, Ohio, United States


Was Ted Jr. also known as Edward B. Dearbaugh ?

Clifford Eugene Dearbaugh Sr had a son Clifford Eugene Dearbaugh Jr.
In the obit for Clifford Eugene Dearbaugh Jr (death 2 Sep 2014 age 81)
it says he had a deceased "half-brother" Ted Braden
"Deceased are a half-brother, Ted Braden; "

On this page for the obit, it shows "Ted Burdette Braden 1928-2007 listed as "Half Sibling"
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(deleted pics). The pics on that page are of Cliff Jr, so not useful

I think this is all true...Fleshes out a complicated family backstory.


I first discovered via Ted Jr's page here
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but seemingly confirmed by that obit page.

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DB Cooper / Re: Tena Bar Money Find
« Last post by snowmman on June 08, 2023, 04:25:48 AM »
filed my appeal to FBI FOIA for Braden.

Here's his WWII registration card again.
on it he faked his date of birth ..Dec 13, 1925
but he also lied about his birth place? Says Wolfe Lake, Indiana

interesting his name was printed. Did Braden print that.
The rest of the card was cursive..
The card said  (print) on the place of residence, but cursive was there.
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DB Cooper / Re: Tena Bar Money Find
« Last post by snowmman on June 07, 2023, 11:28:48 PM »
I got my FBI FOIA response in regular mail

same boilerplate answer about "third party" request. He's dead so there shouldn't be a problem?
I think I have to appeal the response
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DB Cooper / Re: Tena Bar Money Find
« Last post by snowmman on June 05, 2023, 07:50:03 PM »
Or Braden confessed to the hijacking and hoped to get reduced sentence by pinning the hijacking on someone else.
He had the money as "proof"
The FBI investigated and discovered he was lying.
but they had the bills and didn't know what to do with them since it opened a can of worms. They suspected Braden but couldn't prove it and didn't want to try him and potentially have him get off even though they had bills.

The FBI manager just said "Make it go away"
So some FBI agents went out one night to Tena Bar, smoked some joints, and buried the bills.
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DB Cooper / Re: Tena Bar Money Find
« Last post by snowmman on June 05, 2023, 07:06:04 PM »
Okay here's some random speculation.

Braden planted what small amount of bills he had on Tena Bar, because he knew he was going to jail in 1980
He didn't want someone going thru his stuff while he was in the joint, and finding them, and leading to more jail time!
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DB Cooper / Re: Tena Bar Money Find
« Last post by snowmman on June 05, 2023, 07:04:38 PM »
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I've pulled every string I have with my Federal Court connections to see what he was in prison for and can't find it.


that's interesting. I was thinking the case should be in some online case or conviction record
do you have access to normal lawyer records search?
And you couldn't find it?
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DB Cooper / Re: Tena Bar Money Find
« Last post by snowmman on June 05, 2023, 07:03:10 PM »
oh I"ve not found anything new yet
new to me, yes.
info was from Beeson's book. I got the kindle.
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I wasn't aware of the criminal activity, the imprisonment, the divorces, kids or all the wives before

So Braden is a more interesting character now...i.e. more than just his Vietnam/mercentary behavior

I included enough info to hopefully get the FBI to search on the trucking insurance fraud and maybe the conviction for federal prison
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DB Cooper / Re: Suspects And Confessions
« Last post by Parrotheadvol on June 05, 2023, 05:50:25 PM »
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So like Cooper the mystery endures?  Both of these psycho' make the real DB Cooper look like a choir boy anyway.  Cooper was never a violent criminal I do not believe, unlike these Zodiac suspects.  Colbert does not seem like he is stupid to me.  But I do not know the details as you do. The guy he believes it is did have the wrinkles that fit the eye description and fits the eye witness testimony a bit.  Its too bad that in both of these cases its likely they are chasing a dead man.  I now really doubt Cooper is still alive.  And I think we are certain the Zodiac is dead.

You're right, Colbert is not stupid. He knows exactly what he is doing.

I don't think the wrinkles were ever part of any eyewitness description in regards to Zodiac. Chaucer can correct me if I'm mistaken.
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DB Cooper / Re: Tena Bar Money Find
« Last post by Olemisscub on June 05, 2023, 01:06:51 PM »
Good stuff! I'd be interested to see what you turn up. I'm especially interested in what he was in prison for in the 80's. It's possible it was due to the 1980 charges, but the 1982 charges make that seem unlikely because if he were convicted on the 1980 charges then he wouldn't have been out of prison yet by 1982. Criminal system worked a lot faster back then. If he was indicted in 1980 for Fed charges, he'd have been convicted well before 1982. And Fed time is real time, so he would have almost certainly been in the can in 1982 if convicted of the 1980 charges. So I think it must have been for something else. I've pulled every string I have with my Federal Court connections to see what he was in prison for and can't find it. 
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DB Cooper / Re: Tena Bar Money Find
« Last post by snowmman on June 05, 2023, 02:43:04 AM »
I didn't explicitly all out the specific hijacking possibliity. I mentioned it, but sort of in passing
I wanted it to sound like I was more interested in the truck insurance fraud and the prison sentence (federal)

I used the FBI FOIA online request portal
I had to include some kind of proof of death. You can FOIA as third party if proof of death or >100 years old

I used a reference to the Social Security death index. Hopefully my screen shot was enough

here's what I wrote. I also said I'd pay extra over and above the "free" hours allotment they have.

Deceased Individual
Prefix
Mr.
First Name
Ted
Middle Name
Burdette
Last Name
Braden
Suffix
Jr.
ARN
SSN
366-32-4946
FBI Number
Date of Birth
1928/09/24
Place of Birth
Ohio, USA
Date of Death
2007/06/21
Additional Information
last residence" Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Joined US Army Jan 28, 1944 (gave incorrect age, only 16)
March 3rd, 1958 reenlisted in US Army
1960s deployed in Vietnam, Special Forces.

Married Rosalind Lauer in the late 1940s
April 1958 married Francis Patricia "Pat" Blizzard in Greenville,
Pennsylvania
April 1969 Divorced Pat Braden in Hardee County,Florida
August 1970 Married Catherine "Pauline" Pottios, Atlantic City, NJ

June 6, 1980 taken into federal custody in Massachusetts on theft charges
Mar. 3, 1982 Arrested in Ohio driving stolen car
Sept 4, 1990 Released from Loretto Federal Correctional Institution in
Lorretto, Pennysylvania
inmate number 26835-079. Unclear what the conviction was.

Feb 20, 2002 Arrested for DUI by Pocono Mountain Regional Police Dept.
Pennsylvania
Dec 17, 2002 Monroe County Pennsylvania probation, then parole
June 1, 2007 died in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Appears to have been investigated by FBI in early 1970's with respect to a
trucking insurance fraud case.

May have been investigated as suspect in U.S airplane hijacking.

Eye color: light gray or hazel
Supporting documentation
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