Interview re Robert Lincoln Todd Beckwith and Coffelt
Interviewed 16 March 1977Dictated 18 March 1977Transcribed 21 March 1977
Part of: Interview re Robert Lincoln Todd Beckwith and Bryant Coffelt
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-121:318-318 Document: FD-302 interview re Robert Lincoln Todd Beckwith and Coffelt Id: Cooper-Part-121:318-318 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A318-318 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 121 p. 318 (DB Cooper-55968), FD-302 interview, interviewed 16 Mar 1977 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A318-318
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [circular stamp, illegible] [handwritten/stamped: "Sub Q" and "869"] Date of transcription 3/21/77
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[REDACTED] for Mr. ROBERT LINCOLN TODD BECKWITH, Room 718, Central Office Building, 1425 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. (WDC), telephone [REDACTED] was interviewed and furnished the following information:
[REDACTED] stated that ROBERT LINCOLN TODD BECKWITH is the last living descendant of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. She said that in about 1965 or 1966, BRYANT COFFELT was introduced to BECKWITH through BECKWITH's friend, Mrs. MARGARET FRISTO. COFFELT became a chauffeur and companion to BECKWITH. He also claimed that he was a therapist and assisted Mr. BECKWITH, who [REDACTED] described as a semi-invalid. In exchange for his assistance, BECKWITH paid COFFELT an indeterminate amount of money. COFFELT on occasion departed the WDC area, according to [REDACTED] to "finish nursing education at the University of Kansas."
In late 1966 or early 1967, COFFELT introduced BECKWITH to [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] and BECKWITH were married in Middlesex County, Virginia. On [REDACTED] had a [REDACTED] at a hospital in [REDACTED]. According to [REDACTED], BECKWITH's personal physician, [REDACTED] had determined that BECKWITH was sterile. Divorce proceedings resulted and the Superior Court of WDC granted the divorce on [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] indicated that the divorce decree is currently in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. She indicated that COFFELT did not appear at the divorce proceedings.
[REDACTED] advised that the last known contact that BECKWITH had with COFFELT was on June 15, 1976, when a deposition was taken by the trustees of BECKWITH's grandmother's estate to determine if in fact, [REDACTED] was an heir to the estate. COFFELT also gave a deposition. The deposition was furnished at the Williamsburg Circuit Court under the title [REDACTED].
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Interviewed on 3/16/77 Washington, D.C. File # WFO 164-169 by SAs [REDACTED] Date dictated 3/18/77
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[handwritten/stamped: "Jul 869"] DB COOPER-55968 164-81-79[illegible, handwritten]
Serials: 164-81-79[illegible], WFO 164-169
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