Interview of Charlottesville, VA witness re suspect John Scott Maze
Document date 23 April 1980
Part of: Interview of Charlottesville witness re John Scott Maze as Cooper suspect
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Id: Cooper-Part-44:114-115
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-44:114-115 Document: FD-302 interview of Charlottesville, VA witness re suspect John Scott Maze Id: Cooper-Part-44:114-115 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-44%3A114-115 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 44 pp. 114–115 (DB Cooper-17922–17923), FD-302 interview, dated 23 Apr 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-44%3A114-115
RH 164-167 SE 164-81 3
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She noted he bought expensive clothes, jewelry, etc., and always had new vehicles, including campers, which he used when he went off into the wilderness of Oregon and Washington. [redacted] noted Maze also owned some property in Florida and Arizona.
She added when he was fired from AiResearch in the early 1960's, he did not have any savings or assets and there was not any family wealth.
[redacted] further related that in 1972, Maze visited [redacted] in Charlottesville, Virginia, at which time he had a new Chevrolet Elcamino pickup truck with a sleeping camper on the back. She emphasized Maze was an avid camper at home and in the wilderness by himself.
She also related Maze exercised and took care of his health, having quit drinking for approximately eight years. She noted in 1972, although approximately 57 years of age, he looked about 35 years old in appearance. She added, he did not have any age wrinkles but did have some small "laugh wrinkles at the corner of his eyes" which were not real prominent.
She described him as follows:
Complexion Tan Height Approximately 5 feet 10 inches to 5 feet 11 inches Weight Approximately 165 pounds Hair Full head of dark brown hair which was fine in texture Eyes Blue
[redacted] continued in appearance Maze looked like "a young David Niven", the movie star, and wore a mustache like Niven. She added, Maze was a secretive and very methodical person who never did anything impulsively. She explained if Maze was going to buy a vehicle, he took several months to decide on which vehicle to buy and he would even go so far as to study the vehicle on blueprint, test run it, and check it over completely before deciding.
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DB Cooper-17922
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She added he always thought things out completely before acting. In her judgment Maze was extremely intelligent and could do anything he set his mind to do.
[REDACTED] also related when Maze [REDACTED] Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1972, he would not sleep in a bed, and he slept on the floor in the bedroom made available to him.
She added, Maze was born in Kane, Pennsylvania, in September, 1915, where he was raised by a mother and a grandmother after the death of his father when he was very young.
[REDACTED] further related, Maze had stipulated in his will that upon his death, he was not to be embalmed, he was to be put in a pine box and buried as soon as possible so that he could rot as soon as he could.
She added, to her knowledge, Maze's wishes were carried out and he was buried in the East-Resthaven Cemetery in Scottsdale, Arizona, by Carr Mortuary, 26 East Fifth Street, Tempe, Arizona.
[REDACTED] reiterated, the composite she observed on the television program "In Search Of" for D. B. Cooper is identical to [REDACTED] John Scott Maze, minus his mustache.
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DB Cooper-17923
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Serials: RH 164-167, SE 164-81