Interview at Rowlett, Texas re man resembling D.B. Cooper composite
Interviewed 6 January 1993Dictated 14 January 1993Transcribed 14 January 1993
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Id: Cooper-Part-50:300-301
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-50:300-301 Document: FD-302 interview at Rowlett, Texas re man resembling D.B. Cooper composite Id: Cooper-Part-50:300-301 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-50%3A300-301 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 50 pp. 300–301 (DB Cooper-20993–20994), FD-302 interview, interviewed 6 Jan 1993, serial 164A-DL-63643 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-50%3A300-301
FD-302 (REV. 3-10-82)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 1/14/93
On 1/6/93, [REDACTED] Rowlett, Texas, was personally interviewed. [REDACTED] was made aware of the official identity of Special Agent [REDACTED] of the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION and that the interview concerned D.B. COOPER and the possibility that [REDACTED] had met COOPER, he then provided the following information:
[REDACTED] advised that while watching a television program about the D.B. COOPER investigation, on a local FOX television program approximately one month ago, he recalled meeting an individual named [REDACTED] who closely resembled the composite drawing of COOPER shown on television.
[REDACTED] who is employed by KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILROAD was loading a rail car at MARAZZI TILE COMPANY (MTC) approximately six months ago when he met [REDACTED] according to [REDACTED] was a [REDACTED] who was also picking up a load of tile at MTC. The two began a conversation during which [REDACTED] said that he owned either [REDACTED] of land in St. Michoud, Oregon. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that he had purchased this land with funds obtained from a [REDACTED]
mentioned to [REDACTED] that he would not mind residing in the State of Oregon, at which time [REDACTED] offered to sell him some land for [REDACTED] an acre.
[REDACTED] and [REDACTED] then talked about their military careers, [REDACTED] is in the Army and [REDACTED] is in the Marine Corps. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that he was a Marine Corps [REDACTED] who had 25 years of service, two tours in Vietnam and had made over 200 parachute jumps while in the Corps. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that his nickname in the Service was [REDACTED]
Before [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] went their separate ways, [REDACTED] provided [REDACTED] with his home address and phone number, should [REDACTED] be interested in purchasing some of the land in Oregon. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that just from their conversation,
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Investigation on 1/6/93 at ROWLETT, TEXAS File # 164A-DL-63643 by SA [REDACTED] sts Date dictated 1/14/93
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b6 b7c 16HA-SE-81-9190 DB Cooper-20993
FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83)
164A-DL-63643
Continuation of FD-302 of [REDACTED] , On 1/6/93 , Page 2
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he thought that [REDACTED] and his wife would be an excellent neighbor. [REDACTED] added that his closest neighbor in Oregon is approximately a hundred miles away.
After the conversation, [REDACTED] thought that it was strange that a man [REDACTED] [REDACTED] In addition, [REDACTED] wondered why a man with all that land in Oregon would want to sell it to someone he had just met.
When [REDACTED] observed the composite sketch of COOPER on television, he recalled having met [REDACTED] and thought that [REDACTED] closely resembled COOPER. In addition, [REDACTED] felt like the details of [REDACTED] life and that of COOPER as shown on television were very similar.
The only additional bit of information that [REDACTED] could recall was that the [REDACTED] was from New Orleans, Louisiana. [REDACTED] could not remember what [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] provided the following description of [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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Name: [REDACTED] Alias: [REDACTED] Race: White Sex: Male Age: 40-44 Height: 5'10" Weight: 150-160 pounds Hair: Brownish blonde Eyes: Possibly green Complexion: Fair Build: Small Scars Marks Tatoos: Possibly a [REDACTED]
Address: [REDACTED] Saint Michoud, Oregon [REDACTED] Telephone: [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-20994
Serials: 164A-DL-63643, 16HA-SE-81-9190