Anonymous two-page hand-printed letter 'Dear S.B.' claiming D.B. Cooper has died

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Original title: Anonymous two-page hand-printed letter to the New York Times claiming D.B. Cooper has died

Part 60pages 68–692 pagesDB Cooper-24723–24724

Part of: FD-340 exhibit 1A-340 — anonymous handwritten letter and envelope to the N.Y. Times claiming to be D.B. Cooper's accomplice · 20 October 1972 · Part 83 pp. 141–147

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 60 pp. 68–69 (DB Cooper-24723–24724), Letter — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-60%3A068-069

Page 1 of 2Part 60 p. 68DB Cooper-24723

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. DISEASE KNOWING HIS INSIDES OUT AND PAIN SHOOTING 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 WORE TODAY.... MOTHER CAME BY THIS MORNING. I LOVE HER.... LIFE BUT SO IMPORTANT THAT I SHOULD IGNORE DEATH, NOR VICE VERSA. ALL MY LIFE I HAVE DENIED DEATH THE ATTENTION HE NOW DEMANDS. BEFORE 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, [REDACTED]

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Page 2 of 2Part 60 p. 69DB Cooper-24724

DEAR S.B.,

[REDACTED] IS DEAD. "D.B. COOPER" PASSED AWAY ON 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 [us] 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. THINGS DID NO GOOD. WHAT COULD I SAY? JUST TWO YEARS BEFORE, HE LOST HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. I COULD SENSE ACHANGE COMING OVER HIM. HE WAS FILLED WITH DEATH, BUT SOME- THING ELSE WAS ON HIS MIND. WHEN HE FIRST 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] HE TOLD [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.

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