Interview re Toomsuba employee arriving May 1984 with Delaware plates
Interviewed 2 August 1984Dictated 3 August 1984Transcribed 15 August 1984
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Id: Cooper-Part-47:233-234
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-47:233-234 Document: FD-302 interview re Toomsuba employee arriving May 1984 with Delaware plates Id: Cooper-Part-47:233-234 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-47%3A233-234 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 47 pp. 233–234 (DB Cooper-19553, DB Cooper-19556), FD-302 interview, interviewed 2 Aug 1984, serial SE 164-81-8776 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-47%3A233-234
FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 8-15-84
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On August 2, 1984, [REDACTED] also known as [REDACTED] Toomsuba, Mississippi, business telephone [REDACTED] home telephone [REDACTED] was contacted by Special Agent [REDACTED] of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [REDACTED] was made aware of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the purpose of the interview and after which provided the following information:
[REDACTED] employee [REDACTED] has been employed with the [REDACTED] since May, 1984, as a [REDACTED] within the restaurant and hotel of the [REDACTED] came to the [REDACTED] in May, 1984, driving a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] which was bearing Delaware plates. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] became disabled and broke down and it has been at the [REDACTED] ever since, where he works for room and board and to accumulate money to have his vehicle repaired. Besides working at the [REDACTED] which he obtains from [REDACTED] who is a [REDACTED] located in [REDACTED] Toomsuba, Mississippi.
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[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] talks about security quite a bit and it is [REDACTED] impression that he has either served time in a prison or has a Security Guard background. [REDACTED] tells numerous stories about his adventures in the military service, which [REDACTED] believes was the United States Army. [REDACTED] seems to be somewhat mechanically inclined and has indicated in his stories that he has flown some type of aircraft, has been wounded and has spent time in a Veterans Hospital.
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[REDACTED] has mentioned stories about the State of California and Washington State and is a smoker of an unknown brand of cigarettes.
Since coming to work at the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] has been residing within the motel on the [REDACTED] property in [REDACTED] which is on the first floor of the hotel and which is adjacent to the restaurant.
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[REDACTED] is more fully described as follows:
Name [REDACTED] Race White Sex Male
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Investigation on 8-2-84 at Toomsuba, Mississippi File # JN 164A-181-/8
by SA [REDACTED] bn Date dictated 8-3-84
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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.
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164A-81-8776
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DB Cooper-19553
FD-302 (3-8-83)
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JN 164A-181
Continuation of Interview of [REDACTED] , Page 2
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Age Mid-fifties Complexion Dark or swarthy Voice Soft-spoken Height Approximately 5'10" to 5'11" Weight 150 to 160 pounds Hair Dark, parted on the left side and brushed back, and is slightly graying around the temples
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[REDACTED] was shown a copy of the artist's rendition of the unknown individual, also known as D. B. Cooper, and he identified the person depicted in the drawing as being that of [REDACTED] with the exception that it appeared to have been made when he was ten years younger than he is at the present time.
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DB Cooper-19556 FBI/DOJ
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b6 b7C
Serials: JN 164-181, SE 164-81-8776