It may have been in front of our faces all along: we could not see the forest for the trees!Key fact: The bank prepared an annotated list of serial numbers from which the FBI was able to prepare a second list of actual serial numbers given to Cooper, and, the âgroupsâ of banded bills prepared and sent off to Cooper.
The word you use to call these 'groups' of bills is irrelevant!!Problem: The Ingrams were unable to give a precise description of what they found and they destroyed the natural order of their find. They pulled their find apart on the kitchen table. The Ingrams say they saw and removed remains of rubber bands but did not see any evidence of paper straps. The Ingrams were unable to reconstruct precisely how and where rubber bands were placed on the bills they found! They only say they pulled their find out out of the sand at Tina Bar âin parts and piecesâ. Whether the bills they pulled out had one set of rubber bands around the whole mass, or the mass consisted of three or more pieces each with rubber bands around it, is not known? The Ingrams could not reconstruct the original order of the find. They presented 12 groups of bills in a sandwich bag at the Portland FO.
FBI Lab to the rescue: Using the bank annotated list the FBI was able to determine that the Ingram bill serial numbers were still in the same order as when given to Cooper, and similarly the serial number âgroupingsâ of bills prepared at the bank was also still in tact. The Lab assessed that the Ingram find represented some $5800 and 3 bundles of bills originally given to Cooper. Th word "bundles" usedby the Lab is just a word having no formal banking efficacy. Its just a common English word - see a dictionary!
Fragments found during the Excavation: Are the serial numbers on the found fragments part of the serial numbers assigned to the Ingram groups by the bank , or not? The annotated bank list will have to be consulted. If the fragment serial numbers are not accounted for in the Ingram bundle serial numbers then these serial numbers
represent new money separate from the Ingram Find bills, present on Tina Bar but not part of the Ingram find. Itâs that simple.
If fragment serial numbers represent new money not part of the Ingram find, then that affects the morphology of Cooper money found on Tina Bar, which has theoretical implications. The serial number on fragment shown is G21056376B. Either that serial number is part of an Ingram group, or it is not!
Its time to get down to facts and stop all of the theoretical bullshit!