Interview of female witness in Indiana re male acquaintance as Cooper suspect

Dictated 4 May 1979Transcribed 9 May 1979

Part 42pages 419–4213 pagesDB Cooper-17160–17162

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-42:419-421

Document: FD-302 interview of female witness in Indiana re male acquaintance as Cooper suspect
Id: Cooper-Part-42:419-421
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 42 pp. 419–421 (DB Cooper-17160–17162), FD-302 interview, dictated 4 May 1979 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-42%3A419-421

FD-302 (REV. 1-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 5/9/79

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[REDACTED] (Protect Identity), [REDACTED] Indiana, home telephone number [REDACTED] was interviewed in the presence of her attorney, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Indiana.

[REDACTED] stated that during [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Indiana, she became acquainted with a [REDACTED] at that time was [REDACTED] (Last Name Unknown). During the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] and went to [REDACTED] could not remember the street address that [REDACTED] lived on but it was in the [REDACTED] Indiana area. [REDACTED] seemed to exhibit quite a lot of money and it was not unusual for him [REDACTED] During August of 1972, [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] there who allegedly [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] that he expected [REDACTED] there at some future time. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at the time and [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] states that because of the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] and also in view of the fact that he had a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] of his home of the [REDACTED] California, Washington and Oregon, and the fact that he very closely resembles the artist's conception of D. B. COOPER, she felt that he possibly might be the hijacker of the Northwest Orient flight over Washington and Oregon in November, 1971.

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Interviewed on [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] Indiana File # SE 164-81 [REDACTED] IP-164-177 [REDACTED] by SA [REDACTED] -rel Date dictated 5/4/79

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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB Cooper-17160

SE 164-81 IP 164-177

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[REDACTED] just recently made inquiry through long distance telephone directory in [REDACTED] to attempt to determine if [REDACTED] is still there and was able to determine that [REDACTED] at John Marshall School in [REDACTED] is currently [REDACTED] at the Brown Middle School and can be reached there through telephone number [REDACTED] There are [REDACTED] listed in the [REDACTED] telephone directory, one at [REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED] and at [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED] did not know which of these two may be the [REDACTED] that she knew and described above, however the one that she does know is currently [REDACTED] at Brown Middle School. She further described [REDACTED] as having been [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was an outdoor type active in parachuting, had a pilot's license, and was very athletic and took long bicycle trips. [REDACTED] assumes that because he was [REDACTED] that he would be knowledgeable and able to make a bomb. [REDACTED] called [REDACTED] a gentlemanly type individual who was also very active in Sunday School where he went to church.

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The following is a description of [REDACTED] as obtained from observation and interview:

Maiden Name [REDACTED] Race White Sex Female Age [REDACTED] Date and Place of Birth [REDACTED]

SSAN [REDACTED] Occupation [REDACTED]

Arrests [REDACTED]

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2 DB Cooper-17161

SE 164-81 IP 164-177

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[redacted] described herself as [redacted]

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b6 b7C b7D

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DB Cooper-17162

Serials: IP 164-177, SE 164-81