Interview of female witness re Richard Guthrie as Cooper suspect
Dictated 3 April 1992Transcribed 13 April 1992
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Id: Cooper-Part-107:021-022
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-107:021-022 Document: FD-302 interview of female witness re Richard Guthrie as Cooper suspect Id: Cooper-Part-107:021-022 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-107%3A021-022 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 107 pp. 21–22 (DB Cooper-48493–48494), FD-302 interview, dictated 3 Apr 1992, serial 164A-SE-81 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-107%3A021-022
FD-302 (Rev. 3-10-82)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 4/13/92
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[REDACTED], Date of birth [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Arizona, telephone number [REDACTED] was contacted at her place of residence for further details regarding RICHARD GUTHRIE. [REDACTED] was advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the purpose of the interview and supplied the following information:
[REDACTED], date of birth [REDACTED] RICHARD GUTHRIE, date of birth November 19, 1926, approximately 13 years ago, while residing at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Arizona. Shortly thereafter, they were married in [REDACTED]
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Several years ago, RICHARD GUTHRIE, while under the influence of alcohol, told [REDACTED] that he had parachuted out of a plane and landed in trees between Oregon and Seattle. Since that time, RICHARD GUTHRIE has avoided contact with [REDACTED] and expressed [REDACTED] that he fears being caught by the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI).
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RICHARD GUTHRIE will not travel by airplane and does not have a driver's license. He has not allowed any pictures to be taken of him and has insisted on living in very isolated areas. RICHARD GUTHRIE allows [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RICHARD [REDACTED] GUTHRIE presently reside [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Arizona [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] further advised [REDACTED] located on [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RICHARD GUTHRIE has a violent temper, owns a guard dog, and a handmade wooden spear that he keep accessible.
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RICHARD GUTHRIE served in the UNITED STATES ARMY when he was 18 years old and was a parachute rigger.
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Investigation on 4/2/92 at [REDACTED] ARIZONA File # 164A-SE-81 -[guess: 9]118 APR 1 7 1992 SAs [REDACTED] by [REDACTED] mh Date dictated 4/3/92
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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DB COOPER-48493
FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83)
164A-SE-81
Continuation of FD-302 of [REDACTED] , On 4/2/92 , Page 2
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[REDACTED] spoke with RICHARD GUTHRIE [REDACTED] and he advised her that his mother had died and that he would not be attending the funeral in Seattle, Washington. RICHARD GUTHRIE has only traveled to Seattle once in the past 13 years, to place his mother in a nursing home.
GUTHRIE has previously resided in Hawaii, Florida, and the Bahamas.
The artist's conception of D.B. COOPER was shown to [REDACTED] and she indicated that the drawing had a strong resemblance to RICHARD GUTHRIE, when he was younger. [REDACTED] also stated that she had only one picture of RICHARD GUTHRIE and would gladly provide it to the FBI, if found. RICHARD GUTHRIE was described by [REDACTED] as follows:
Sex Male Race White Height 5'10" Weight 180 pounds Build Medium Hair Black and gray Complexion Olive Miscellaneous Intelligent, member of MENSA
The DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES (DMV), NCIC, and CCH checks were negative for RICHARD GUTHRIE.
[REDACTED] has a current Arizona driver's license that was issued on [REDACTED] A DMV check confirmed [REDACTED] [REDACTED] address as [REDACTED] Arizona.
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DB COOPER-48494
Serials: 164A-SE-81