Interview of David Arthur Staudt at Milwaukee County Jail recanting D.B. Cooper claim
Interviewed 19 February 1976Dictated 25 February 1976Transcribed 2 March 1976
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-117:344-345 Document: FD-302 interview of David Arthur Staudt at Milwaukee County Jail recanting D.B. Cooper claim Id: Cooper-Part-117:344-345 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A344-345 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 117 pp. 344–345 (DB Cooper-53873–53874), FD-302 interview, interviewed 19 Feb 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A344-345
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 3-2-76
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DAVID ARTHUR STAUDT was interviewed at the Milwaukee County Jail, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on February 19, 1976, where he was incarcerated awaiting disposition of pending local armed robbery charges. At the outset of the interview, STAUDT was advised as to the identities of Special Agents JOHN W. FRAZER, JR. [redacted] [redacted] It is noted Agents FRAZER [redacted] had previously interviewed STAUDT in detail on October 7, 1975, regarding numerous criminal violations.
STAUDT was questioned regarding statements he had made at that time with respect to his involvement in the hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines flight in November of 1971 in which he claimed to be "D. B. COOPER". He was told that substantial investigative effort had been expended with no corroborating evidence that he was in fact COOPER. At this point STAUDT laughed and stated it was all a joke and further advised that he had made similar statements on numerous previous occasions.
STAUDT was questioned as to the whereabouts of [redacted] used in two Denver, Colorado, bank robberies and advised he did not know the present location of [redacted] He advised that in the [redacted] was residing at [redacted] Boulder, Colorado. He fur- ther advised [redacted] had been scheduled to appear in either [redacted]
STAUDT was advised that there were at least three federal bank robbery charges pending against him in federal judicial districts in California and Colorado, these charges based in part on previous statements he had made on October 7, 1975, regarding his involvement in various bank robberies. STAUDT advised he was aware of the pending charges and indicated he desired to plead guilty to these charges under the provisions of Rule 20.
Interviewed on 2-19-76 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin File # MI 164-36 MI 149-177 MI 91-5125 by SA's JOHN W. FRAZER, JR., and [redacted] (JWF/cmg) Date dictated 2-25-76
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DB COOPER-53873
MI 164-36 MI 149-177 MI 91-5125 2
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Noting that STAUDT had claimed to be involved in the hijacking of a Northwest Airlines flight, he was questioned regarding his possible involvement in the airport extortion case at General Mitchell Field occurring August 30, 1972, and the related airport bombing, again at Mitchell Field, occurring March 29, 1973. STAUDT denied any involvement in either of these matters and claimed he had no idea as to who may have been responsible.
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DB COOPER-53874
Serials: MI 149-177, MI 164-36, MI 91-5125