FD-71 Complaint Form re protected source naming a Spokane cat burglar as Cooper suspect

Document date 18 January 2002

Part 52pages 12–132 pagesDB Cooper-21611–21612

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Document: FD-71 Complaint Form re protected source naming a Spokane cat burglar as Cooper suspect
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 52 pp. 12–13 (DB Cooper-21611–21612), Form, dated 18 Jan 2002, serial SE 164-81-9382 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-52%3A012-013

FD-71 (Rev. 3-27-95) Complaint Form

NOTE: Hand print names legibly; handwriting satisfactory for remainder. Indices: [X] Negative [ ] See below

Subject's name and aliases [REDACTED] b6 b7C

Character of case CAA 164A-SE-81 (D.B. Cooper)

Complainant [X] Protect Source [REDACTED]

Complaint received [ ] Personal [X] Telephonic Date 1/18/02 Time 11:45 am

Address of Subject Unknown

Complainant's address and telephone number [REDACTED] Kennewick, WA [REDACTED]

Complainant's DOB [REDACTED] Sex Male

Subject's Description: Race: W [X] Male Height: 5'2" Hair: Dark Build: Slender Birth date and birth place: Age: 60 [ ] Female Weight: 125 lbs Eyes: Complexion: Dark Social Security Number:

Scars, marks and other data

Employer Address Telephone

Vehicle Description

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Facts of Complaint

PROTECT SOURCE

Complainant advised that he was incarcerated with [REDACTED] during the summer of [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] After [REDACTED] was released from jail, [REDACTED] in Spokane, Washington, [REDACTED] who was a cat burglar, lost this job when the local police investigated him in relation to local burglaries that matched his previous M.O. and his employer used it as an excuse to lay him off. [REDACTED] then moved to the Lewiston, ID/Clarkston, WA area with his wife and her kids from a previous marriage. About four days before the infamous D.B. COOPER hijacking,

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0180RR02.71 JRR:jkr (2)

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SEARCHED [INDEXED] SERIALIZED [FILED]

JAN 1 8 2002 FBI SEATTLE

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SE 164A-81-9382

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DB Cooper-21611

[REDACTED] called the Complainant and told him he [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He told the Complainant that he had [REDACTED] [REDACTED] However, he [REDACTED] refused to give him any details. About four days later, the infamous hijacking occurred, and he never heard from [REDACTED] again. Later, he tried to contact [REDACTED] in Lewiston/Clarkston, but the landlord told him that they had disappeared one day without notification. Complainant advised that [REDACTED] strongly resembled the composite sketch that law enforcement publicized, and also closely matched the physical descriptors of D.B. Cooper. [REDACTED] grew up in the St. John's area of Portland, Oregon, and knew the area where D.B. Cooper jumped liked the back of his hand because he was a hunter. [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] Complainant advised that he provided the above information to authorities in a phone call about six months after the hijacking, but was never re-contacted. He decided to call again after seeing a show on TV this morning that indicated investigators were still working the case. An indices check was negative for both [REDACTED] and the Complainant.

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PROTECT SOURCE

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b6 b7C b7D

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DB Cooper-21612

Serials: SE 164-81-9382