Printed email tip to FBI Seattle re D.B. Cooper suspect

Document date 13 October 2003

Part 52page 1441 pageDB Cooper-21777

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 52 p. 144 (DB Cooper-21777), Other, dated 13 Oct 2003, serial SE 164-81-9425 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-52%3A144-144

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Suspect - DB Cooper

Subject: Suspect - DB Cooper Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:04:13 -0700 From: [REDACTED] To: <[email protected]>

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I have been thinking of this for many years. I may have a suspect for you but due to loyalties I have for this man I have not addressed before.

He looks so very much like the sketches that have been circulating since the event. His height, weight, clothing that he wore, matches to a T.

I use to work for this guy. We built aircraft parts. We visited many 727's where he showed me how the rear door worked. He knew all the buttons and mechanisms.

Prior to coming to the Seattle area he worked for McDonald Douglas in the [REDACTED] He was a paratrooper in the army. He had a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] around the same time frame when DB Cooper hijacked the plane. He claims this was caused by [REDACTED] He was a heavy drinker and smoker.

One way to eliminate or prove him as a suspect is to find the cigarette butts that he left behind and extract DNA from them, if possible. He drinks coffee at the same place and time every day where you could get DNA samples. Then do a background check on him including getting his picture from the Washington State Department of Licensing. You will be amazed at his likeness.

If interested in talking, please give me a call. I am home during the day.

Confidentiality: YES

Reward to Me: YES (if available)

Regards,

[REDACTED]

Kent, Washington [REDACTED] Home

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SE 164A-81-9425

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Serials: SE 164-81-9425