Investigative insert re interview of witness in Centerville, Tennessee about Robert Roberts

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The following investigation was conducted by Special Agent [REDACTED] at Centerville, Tennessee:

Attempts to locate [REDACTED] at Centerville, Tennessee, were negative until March 12, 1990.

On March 12, 1990, [REDACTED] Centerville, Tennessee, advised as follows:

She previously had telephone number [REDACTED] She currently has telephone number [REDACTED] She did watch a program in the fall of 1989 known as "Unsolved Mysteries" and telephonically contacted the telephone number listed on that show about an individual she knows in Centerville.

She has only met the individual known to her as ROBERT ROBERTS, aka Bob, on one occasion. However, she has had several telephonic conversations with him. He resides in a house on Arnold Street, Centerville, Tennessee. She believes ROBERTS has lived in Centerville approximately 18 months. She had a girlfriend who had met ROBERTS. ROBERTS apparently got [REDACTED] telephone number from the girlfriend and called [REDACTED] one evening. He apparently first contacted her by mistake thinking he was calling the girlfriend. This would have been several months ago. Through her telephonic conversations with ROBERTS, and from her girlfriend, she ascertained that ROBERTS came to Centerville, Tennessee, from California. He was divorced from his wife and family. He appeared to be agitated about the divorce and ROBERTS had moved to Tennessee. ROBERTS, at one time or another, has claimed he was in the U.S. Air Force and/or Navy and has jumped from airplanes or has been a parachutist. He even claimed he hurt his toes in a parachute drop and cannot straighten his toes. He alluded on one occasion as to his previous wife being from somewhere in Tennessee. He seems to be a rather strange individual, has no visible means of support, and is always talking about various jobs he had in the past, and she wondered about his background.

She recalled on one occasion she asked him about his money and he told her his wife had obtained his money when she divorced him. On one occasion, he even claimed he had $200,000.00 that he could not touch and could not use the money. However, ROBERTS was always coming up with some wild story and she really did not know when he was telling the truth or trying to "put one over on her". On one occasion, her friend was having

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an affair and her companion somewhat knew ROBERTS. ROBERTS had allowed her friend and her companion to use his basement as a place to meet. Her friend said ROBERTS had been known to take photographs or perhaps even movies and perhaps was involved in some type of [REDACTED] Her friend wondered if ROBERTS was not secretly filming anyone that he might let borrow his basement.

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ROBERTS was always telling her things and [REDACTED] was not sure if he was telling the truth or making up stories. She had told ROBERTS she was going to watch the television show "Unsolved Mysteries" and ROBERTS had told her not to watch the following week. That was the week she had seen the episode on D. B. COOPER. She had read the book about D. B. COOPER and his hijacking of the airplane back in 1971. She had then begun to think about it after he numerous talks with ROBERTS and his strange actions and thought he might somehow be involved or might be that individual.

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She described ROBERTS as follows:

Sex Male Race White Age About 70 years old Height 5'10" Build Heavy Hair Grey, balding

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To be very truthful, [REDACTED] would not have thought much about it other than the fact that ROBERTS had brought up the $200,000.00 and because he acts so strange and tells so many tales, she put the two together and thought he perhaps could be a suspect.

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