Investigative report re Hillsboro/Washington County suspect interview (PD 164-41)
Document date July 1972
Also filed at: Part 95 pp. 34–37
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-26:540-543 Document: Investigative report re Hillsboro/Washington County suspect interview (PD 164-41) Id: Cooper-Part-26:540-543 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A540-543 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 26 pp. 540–543 (DB Cooper-8950–8953), Report, dated Jul 1972, serial SE 164-81-3622 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A540-543
SE 164-81 PD 164-41 CLH:jmp 1
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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]
AT HILLSBORO AND PORTLAND, OREGON
On June 30, 1972, [REDACTED] Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO), Hillsboro, made available their file concerning the suspect. A review of this file showed [REDACTED] to have been arrested [REDACTED] [REDACTED] of [REDACTED] A disposition of this [REDACTED] There is not record in the WCSO files since [REDACTED]
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The following is a description of [REDACTED] as obtained from the WCSO file:
Race White Sex Male DOB [REDACTED] Height 5'10" Weight 125 pounds Eyes Blue Hair Brown Occupation Hod carrier Residence [REDACTED] Vancouver, Washington
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On June 30, 1972, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] U.S. Post Office, Hillsboro, Oregon, advised there is not forwarding address for [REDACTED] and the most recent address they have for him is [REDACTED] Hillsboro, Oregon.
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164-81-3622 JUL 22 1972 DB Cooper-8950
SE 164-81 PD 164-41 CLH:jmp 2
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Between June 30 and July 13, 1972, attempts to contact [REDACTED] at his last known address were negative. No one was at home.
On July 13, 1972, [REDACTED] was contacted at her residence, [REDACTED] Hillsboro, Oregon, and she advised she resides there [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] is currently working on a contracting job at a housing area known as [REDACTED] Oregon.
On July 14, 1972, an attempt to contact [REDACTED] at his contracting job in [REDACTED] Oregon, was negative. The main contractor for that job advised he was not at work that day because of the particular stage in construction, there was no [REDACTED] to be done.
On July 14, 1972, [REDACTED] was recontacted at her residence and advised [REDACTED] was at work, however, he is possibly working on another contracting job.
On July 17, 1972, [REDACTED] was contacted at his residence, [REDACTED] Hillsboro, Oregon. [REDACTED] was cooperative and advised he has never participated in any flying or skydiving activity and has never had any interest to do so. He is acquainted with the southern part of Washington state through having visited that area in camping trips. [REDACTED] formerly worked in a partnership with another [REDACTED] named [REDACTED] who resides at [REDACTED] Portland, Oregon. [REDACTED] decided to operate separate [REDACTED] businesses so they would be able to handle the large amount of work they were getting. On November 24, 1972, [REDACTED] were still partners and they were both employed on [REDACTED] at the housing project named [REDACTED] located in [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-8951
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Oregon.
The following description of [REDACTED] was obtained through observation and interview:
Race White Sex Male Age [REDACTED] Date of Birth [REDACTED] Height 5'10" Weight 130 pounds Hair Light brown Eyes Blue Occupation [REDACTED]
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On July 18, 1972, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Portland, was contacted and [REDACTED] photograph with appropriate comparison photographs were displayed. [REDACTED] was unable to identify any of the photographs as being identical with the Unknown Subject. [REDACTED] was advised that attempts to contact [REDACTED] another employee of Northwest Orient Airlines had been unsuccessful and [REDACTED] explained the airline pilots were on strike and therefore, all employees were on furlough. It is quite likely [REDACTED] may be on a trip at this time.
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On July 19, 1972, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Portland, Oregon, was contacted and he advised he has never known [REDACTED] to participate in flying or skydiving activities. [REDACTED] has never indicated an interest in these activities. [REDACTED] recalls that the day before Thanksgiving, 1971, November 24, 1972, that he and [REDACTED] were in partnership at that time and both worked that day at [REDACTED] housing project in [REDACTED] Oregon. The normal workday for them is from 7 to 7:30 a.m. until 4 or 5 p.m., depending upon when they complete one particular project. He believes
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DB Cooper-8952
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they worked the entire day together and then were to get together to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.
No further investigation is being conducted re [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-8953
Serials: PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3622