Interview re Robert Lincoln Todd Beckwith and Bryant Coffelt
Interviewed 16 March 1977Dictated 18 March 1977Transcribed 21 March 1977
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-39:294-295 Document: FD-302 interview re Robert Lincoln Todd Beckwith and Bryant Coffelt Id: Cooper-Part-39:294-295 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-39%3A294-295 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 39 pp. 294–295 (DB Cooper-15480–15481), FD-302 interview, interviewed 16 Mar 1977, serial SE 164-81-7441 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-39%3A294-295
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 3/21/77
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[REDACTED] 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, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] 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 on [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and BECKWITH [REDACTED] in Middlesex County, Virginia. On [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Williamsburg, Virginia. According to [REDACTED] BECKWITH's [REDACTED] that BECKWITH [REDACTED] proceedings resulted and the Superior Court of WDC granted [REDACTED] [REDACTED] indicated that the [REDACTED] is currently in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. She indicated that COFFELT did not appear at [REDACTED] 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] [REDACTED] 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 SAs by [REDACTED] Date dictated 3/18/77
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DB Cooper-15480
) 64-81 - 7441
WFO 164-169
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[REDACTED] indicated that her contacts with COFFELT have been limited, however, she was able to positively identify two (2) photographs of COFFELT. She stated that she recalled that COFFELT was hobbled by an injury he alleged to have received in prison. She added that the only associate of COFFELT's that she knew was [REDACTED] who she described [REDACTED] of COFFELT.
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[REDACTED] indicated that approximately three (3) weeks ago, she was contacted by [REDACTED] for Universal Studios, Los Angeles, California. [REDACTED] displayed to her a death certificate for COFFELT listing [REDACTED] requested from [REDACTED] information regarding COFFELT and BECKWITH. She provided him with only the fact that [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] were public record and that [REDACTED] could obtain this information from the courts in question.
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[REDACTED] indicated that [REDACTED] is believed to currently reside at the following address:
[REDACTED] described BECKWITH as an individual in his 70's, who has a speech impediment and Parkinson's disease. He currently lives at the Wisconsin Avenue Nursing Home, 3333 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., WDC. [REDACTED] was unable to provide any additional information regarding COFFELT.
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DB Cooper-15481
Serials: SE 164-81-7441
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