Interview of NORJAK suspect, St. Louis (SL 164-63)
Interviewed 5 July 1974Dictated 9 July 1974Transcribed 10 July 1974
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-34:336-338 Document: FD-302 interview of NORJAK suspect, St. Louis (SL 164-63) Id: Cooper-Part-34:336-338 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-34%3A336-338 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 34 pp. 336–338 (DB Cooper-12980–12982), FD-302 interview, interviewed 5 Jul 1974, serial SE 164-81-6306 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-34%3A336-338
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 7/10/74
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[REDACTED] was interviewed at his residence, [REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED] After being advised of the nature of the investigation, [REDACTED] provided the following information:
He stated [REDACTED]
He advised that he has been employed as an [REDACTED] St. Louis, Missouri, since August, 1971. He advised that he lived in Denver, Colorado until December, 1970, when he moved to St. Louis and resided at [REDACTED] O'Fallon, Missouri. He [REDACTED] resided there until May, 1972, when they moved to [REDACTED] Bridgeton, Missouri. This residence is a house and they rented the house until May, 1973, when [REDACTED] moved to their current residence. [REDACTED] was employed with Samsonite Corporation of Denver, Colorado from [REDACTED] He was employed in [REDACTED] and his employer assigned him to move to St. Louis, Missouri to [REDACTED] in the St. Louis area. He advised that he quit Samsonite of his own volition and as far as he knows there was no hard feelings from the company and he carries no hard feelings toward the company. [REDACTED] advised that in the summer of 1971, he believes in August of 1971, he traveled to Camden, New Jersey and stayed [REDACTED] for one week. During this time period he was in-between jobs and was unemployed. He had an idea to attempt to borrow as much as $12,000 in order that he might go into a business of his own. His efforts were unsuccessful and he returned to St. Louis and considered going into business with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He had problems working with [REDACTED] and finally went to work [REDACTED] He is not positive where he stayed in New Jersey but he believes it was the [REDACTED] in Westmont, New Jersey, near Camden. He stated he does not recall where he was on the day before Thanksgiving, November 24, 1971. He more than likely was visiting [REDACTED] who resides at [REDACTED] Chesterfield, Mo.
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Interviewed on 7/5/74 at Ellisville, Missouri File # SL 164-63 164-81-6306 by [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] SA JAL:cw Date dictated 7/9/74 [REDACTED] SERIALIZED [REDACTED] AUG 1, 1974
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DB Cooper-12980
2 SL 164-63
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[REDACTED] advised that he does not wear prescription glasses of any kind. He advised he has been smoking for ten years and he smokes Winston cigarettes.
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He provided a photograph of himself which was taken in September or October, 1971. He denied being in or near Seattle, Washington during the month of November, 1971, and stated emphatically that he has never been in the state of Washington. He stated he has no knowledge of a hijacking of an aircraft during that time period except for what he read in the newspapers at the time.
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The following descriptive data was taken from interview and observation:
Name: [REDACTED] Race: White Sex: Male Date of birth: [REDACTED] b6 Place of birth: [REDACTED] b7C Height: 5'8" Weight: 130 Hair: Dark brown, over the ears Eyes: Brown Social security number: [REDACTED] Military service: [REDACTED]
Marital status: [REDACTED] Children: Relatives in the St. Louis area: [REDACTED]
Mother: [REDACTED] resides in Camden, N.J. area, address unknown [REDACTED] Berkeley, California, address unknown; Cherryhill, N.J., address unknown
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DB Cooper-12981
SL 164-63
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Education: Northeast Missouri State College, Kirksville, Mo., [REDACTED] graduated with BA Degree
Scars, marks and tattoos: [REDACTED]
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b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-12982
Serials: SE 164-81-6306, SL 164-63