Interview of Duane L. Weber's associate re Cooper (serial 9369)

FD-302 (Rev. 3-10-82)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 2/11/97

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[REDACTED], born [REDACTED], was interviewed at her residence, [REDACTED] San Bernardino, California, [REDACTED]. After being advised of the identity of the investigating Agent and the nature of the interview, she furnished the following information:

[REDACTED] first met Duane L. Weber in the early 1960's at Boulder, Colorado, when Weber visited the [REDACTED] where [REDACTED] was employed as a waitress. During this time, Weber was using the alias of John Collins and had a bogus Social Security Account Number to support his assumed name. In 1962, [REDACTED] and Weber were [REDACTED] and they shortly thereafter relocated to Kansas City, Kansas, where Weber found employment as an insurance salesman. In 1963, [REDACTED] and Weber moved to Cleveland, Ohio where [REDACTED] an apartment complex. During 1963, Weber was arrested by the FBI for an unrecalled offense. In 1964 or 1965, [REDACTED] and Weber moved to Overland Park, Kansas, where Weber again became involved in the insurance industry. During a business trip to Springfield, Missouri, Weber was arrested for stealing some credit cards from a woman he met at a night club. Weber was found guilty of this offense and spent three years confinement at Jefferson City, Missouri.

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[REDACTED] advised that she first learned Weber's true identity after his arrest on the credit card violation. Prior to this arrest and conviction, she thought Weber's true name was John Collins. She remained at Jefferson City during Weber's three years of confinement working as a waitress at a country club. In early 1969, Weber was released from custody and the two returned to Boulder Colorado where they originally met. Weber was unsuccessful finding work at Boulder in the insurance industry and briefly worked as a bellhop at the Harvest House. After six months in Boulder, [REDACTED] and Weber moved to Atlanta, Georgia where Weber found work as an insurance salesman. [REDACTED] advised that she remained in Atlanta until April, 1971 when she and Weber [REDACTED].

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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] with Weber began in 1970 or 1971 when he met a woman named [REDACTED] whom he was teaching the insurance business. At an unrecalled time in

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Investigation on 2/10/97 at San Bernardino, Ca.

File # SE 164A-81 - 9369

by SA [REDACTED] jrl [REDACTED] Date dictated 2/11/97

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FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83)

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the early 1970's, Weber and [REDACTED] traveled to Savannah, Georgia, for a business trip. [REDACTED] subsequently informed Weber that she was pregnant by him. This resulted in [REDACTED] seeking and obtaining a [REDACTED] from Weber. After [REDACTED] [REDACTED] returned to her native Lawrence, Kansas for a brief period before relocating to San Bernardino County, California. [REDACTED] noted that Weber sent her [REDACTED] for many years after [REDACTED]. In 1974, Weber contacted [REDACTED] from Los Angeles International Airport where he had flown from an unknown location. She recalls him talking about [REDACTED] [REDACTED] assumed that by this time, Weber's relationship with [REDACTED] was over and that he was trying to [REDACTED] rejected Weber's advances and he ostensibly returned to Atlanta.

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[REDACTED] viewed a composite sketch of D. B. COOPER and stated that Weber did not favor this individual. She described Weber as having been 6' 4" and 225 pounds, taller and heavier than COOPER. [REDACTED] never knew much about Weber's background but recalls him saying that he was from Akron, Ohio and that his grandfather had founded Sherwyn-Williams paint company. Weber on occasion mentioned that he had been in the Navy and talked about various boats. Weber never mentioned skydiving and to the best of [REDACTED] knowledge, had never parachuted. She noted that Weber always smoked Pall Mall Gold cigarettes and that he never smoked Raleigh filtered cigarettes.

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[REDACTED] recalled that during 1963 or 1964, Weber went to Seattle, Washington for an unknown reason. Weber had asked [REDACTED] whether she wished to accompany him to which she refused. [REDACTED] ended up going to her sister's house in Phoenix, Arizona while Weber went to Seattle. [REDACTED] remembers little about Weber's trip to Seattle other than that he brought her back some silk flowers. This was the only trip she recalled where Weber went to Seattle.

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[REDACTED] was surprised to hear that Weber had died in 1995 noting that she had not been in touch with him for many years. Regarding the possibility that Weber was D. B. Cooper, she advised that Weber was not daring enough to pull off a feat like skyjacking. She knew for certain that while [REDACTED] Weber, he never committed any crimes as notorious as skyjacking with his criminal activity limited to petty crimes. [REDACTED] concluded the interview by stating that an interview of [REDACTED] would need to be conducted to account for Weber's activities after [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83)

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[REDACTED] is described as follows:

Race white Sex female Aliases [REDACTED]

DOB [REDACTED] POB [REDACTED] Height 5'5" Weight 120 pounds Eyes brown Hair brown CDL# [REDACTED] b6 CII# [REDACTED] b7C FBI# [REDACTED] Criminal history [REDACTED] arrest, San Bernardino, Ca., PD, [REDACTED]

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