Interview of female witness re travels with suspect, Grand Junction, Colorado

FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription April 2, 1973

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[REDACTED] was contacted at her residence, [REDACTED] Grand Junction, Colorado, and disclosed as follows:

[REDACTED] advised that in July of 1972 she had met [REDACTED] who was identical to the photograph shown, and who was known under the name of [REDACTED] was made known to [REDACTED] by [REDACTED] of Grand Junction, Colorado. [REDACTED] had appeared at [REDACTED] in July of 1972 and was interested in a [REDACTED] which [REDACTED] was supposed to have in production. [REDACTED] was also interested in [REDACTED] was described as well versed in [REDACTED] and jargon but a person with little money of his own.

[REDACTED] and is employed throughout the western slope as [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was not at his residence in Rangely, Colorado, one week ago when [REDACTED] visited the residence which was the home of [REDACTED] Rangely, Colorado. [REDACTED] is not identical to [REDACTED] who was staying at [REDACTED] in Grand Junction and whose the Mesa County Sheriff's Office has been looking for on a charge of [REDACTED] does know people in Louisiana; however, [REDACTED] advised that she was not aware of [REDACTED] having been in the Louisiana area for six or seven months. [REDACTED] at one time had stated he was a paratrooper but never mentioned any recent jumps or if he was interested in jumping. [REDACTED] alleged to have a [REDACTED] however, [REDACTED] advised she had not seen [guess: 164]-81-4658 that [REDACTED] and could not identify the [REDACTED] further. [REDACTED] traveled extensively to research [REDACTED]

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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ APR 2 8 1973 FBI - SEATTLE

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Interviewed on 3/21/73 at Grand Junction, Colorado Fi [REDACTED]

by SA [REDACTED] :jab Date dictated 3/27/73

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DB Cooper-11160

DN 164-98

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[REDACTED] advised that she had accompanied [REDACTED] after first meeting him in July of 1972, to the Delta, Montrose area where they investigated [REDACTED] and later in Fairplay, Colorado, had also investigated [REDACTED] In August or September of 1972, she was with [REDACTED] in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico, investigating [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] had developed [REDACTED] and that is why [REDACTED] had come to the Grand Junction, area. [REDACTED] stated she has not known [REDACTED] to be in Washington or Oregon but that [REDACTED] lived in California and he is [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] in California, names and places unknown to [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] stated at the time she rented the budget rent-a-car in Grand Junction, she took the car to Salt Lake City, Utah, and was accompanied by [REDACTED] who went to contact people with [REDACTED] in the Salt Lake area. [REDACTED] advised she never met the people contacted by [REDACTED] she allegedly stayed in the car or with [REDACTED] in the Salt Lake City area.

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[REDACTED] advised that she had never seen hand guns in the possession of [REDACTED] and that while in Grand Junction [REDACTED] used a credit card under the name of (First Name Unknown) [REDACTED] allegedly was [REDACTED] and his function was to pay for the research expenses in looking over the [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] advised that to her knowledge [REDACTED] had taken a bus from Rangely to Salt Lake City and was going to Old Mexico to check out some [REDACTED].

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[REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised she did not know the date [REDACTED] rented the room from the [REDACTED] in Rangely, Colorado, and she was not aware of how [REDACTED] paid

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DB Cooper-11161

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DN 164-98 (3)

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for the room at the [REDACTED] residence.

[REDACTED] stated that the motor home belonged to [REDACTED] and that she assumed a bank in Phoenix, Arizona, had repossessed the motor home and that [REDACTED] did all of his banking at the same bank. [REDACTED] advised she did not know the name of the bank.

[REDACTED] advised the photograph displayed of [REDACTED] was a good likeness of [REDACTED] and that [REDACTED] was not an old acquaintance of [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] advised that the artist's concept of DAN COOPER was definitely not the person known to her as [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-11162