Hand printed letter 'Dear Sirs' from claimed accomplice stating D.B. Cooper has died (specimens Q50-Q51)
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-60:042-043 Document: Hand printed letter 'Dear Sirs' from claimed accomplice stating D.B. Cooper has died (specimens Q50-Q51) Id: Cooper-Part-60:042-043 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-60%3A042-043 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 60 pp. 42–43 (DB Cooper-24691), Handwritten note — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-60%3A042-043
DEAR SIRS, [redacted] IS DEAD. "D B. COOPER" PASSED A[redacted] SEPT. 12TH. TOGETHER WE BOTH PLANNED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SKYJACKING TO DATE. WHILE HE WAS ALIVE, [redacted] REFUSED TO LET ME TELL THE PUBLIC THAT HE WASN'T REALLY BAD. HE DIED WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THINKING HE WAS JUST ANOTHER "SKYJACKING TERRORIST." BUT HE WASN'T. TO ME, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO KNEW HIM, HE WAS NOT "A RUTHLESS CRIMINAL". HE WAS A KIND AND GENTLE HUMAN BEING. HE LOVED LIFE AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD BUT MONTHS TO LIVE, HE FACED THE NEWS VERY BRAVELY. THINKING DID NO GOOD. WHAT COULD I SAY? JUST TWO YEARS BEFORE, HE LOST HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. I COULD SENSE A CHANGE COMING OVER HIM. HE WAS FACED WITH DEATH, BUT SOMETHING ELSE WAS ON HIS MIND. WHEN THE [guess: FIERY] TOLD ME ABOUT THE JOB, I THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING. HE WASN'T. AFTER ALL, HE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE AND PLENTY TO GAIN. HOWEVER, MONEY WASN'T THE OBJECT. [redacted] KNEW THAT HE COULD DEMAND ALMOST ANY AMOUNT AND HE'D PROBABLY GET IT. IN FACT, WE GAVE ALMOST $168,000 OF THE RANSOM MONEY AWAY TO CHARITIES AND FAMILIES IN NEED. HE PAID OFF ALL OF [redacted] HOSPITAL BILLS AND GAVE [redacted] THE [redacted] WE MADE IT BIG UP IN CANADA LAST YEAR, BUT I'M SURE [redacted] GUESSED THE TRUTH. [redacted] NEVER SAID NOTHING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. "D.B. COOPER" DIED THINKING THAT [redacted] BELIEVED HIM.
EVERYTHING I'VE SAID HERE IS TRUE. I COULD'VE TOLD YOU THAT WE GAVE EVERY BIT OF THE MONEY TO CHARITY, BUT WE DIDN'T. LAST JANUARY WE FLEW TO EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD. [REDACTED] WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD BEFORE HE DIED. THAT WAS THE LAST TRIP WE EVER TOOK TOGETHER. [HIS] LAST [REDACTED] DAYS WERE SPENT COMPLETELY BEDRIDDEN. DESPITE KNOWING HIS INSIDES OUT AND [PAIN] SHOWING THROUGH HIS BODY, HE NEVER ONCE LOST HIS COURAGE. THE ONLY DAY HE MISSED AN ENTRY IN HIS DIARY WAS THE DAY HE PASSED. AWAY. I THINK YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN HIS LAST WRITTEN WORDS. ".... REALLY WEAK TODAY.... MOTHER CAME BY THIS MORNING. I LOVE HER.... LIFE ISN'T SO IMPORTANT. THAT I SHOULD IGNORE DEATH, NOR VICE VERSA. ALL MY LIFE I HAVE DENIED DEATH THE ATTENTION HE NOW DEMANDS. BETTER THAT HE TAKE ME, THAN THE LIFE FROM ANYONE ELSE...." EVEN ON THE VERGE OF DEATH, [REDACTED] WAS THINKING OF OTHERS.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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DB Cooper-24691
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