Interview of Raleigh witness re 'In Search of' composite, with subject profile pages
This copy: Part 69 pp. 139–140Also filed at Part 73 pp. 52–54 (primary) · Part 44 pp. 169–170
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Interview of female source at Raleigh RA re Cooper look-alike (CE 164-219)
Interviewed 1 May 1980Dictated 1 May 1980Transcribed 2 May 1980
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-69:139-140 Document: FD-302 interview of female source at Raleigh RA re Cooper look-alike (CE 164-219) Id: Cooper-Part-69:139-140 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-69%3A139-140 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 69 pp. 139–140 (DB Cooper-29472–29473), FD-302 interview, interviewed 1 May 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-69%3A139-140
FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription: May 2, 1980
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[REDACTED], commonly known as [REDACTED], Apex, North Carolina, [REDACTED] home telephone number [REDACTED], work telephone number [REDACTED], appeared at the Raleigh, North Carolina Resident Agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) where she was advised of the official identity of the interviewing agent and thereafter furnished the following information:
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[REDACTED] said a few evenings ago, she was watching a television program entitled "In Search of" and viewed a composite photograph of a man being sought for the hijacking of an airplane about ten years ago in the Northwestern United States. [REDACTED] stated the program stated the man used the name "D. B. COOPER" and parachuted out of the airplane. [REDACTED] said the composite photograph resembled her [REDACTED].
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[REDACTED] said that on [REDACTED], at Pueblo, Colorado, which is [REDACTED], [REDACTED] said she first met [REDACTED] during July, 1961, while they both were [REDACTED] in Pueblo, Colorado. [REDACTED] said [REDACTED] on March 14, 1962, and that [REDACTED] advised that in January or February, 1962, she and [REDACTED] moved to Parker, Arizona, where they both [REDACTED] which was owned by [REDACTED] said [REDACTED] was older than [REDACTED] and looked after [REDACTED] advised that the [REDACTED] lived in Tucson, Arizona.
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[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] in Parker, Arizona, she returned to Pueblo, Colorado, for a short while before taking a job in Northern California. [REDACTED] said she worked for [REDACTED], California, as a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at various [REDACTED] in the Northwestern United States. [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] visited her at some of the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in 1963.
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[REDACTED] stated she last saw [REDACTED] in 1963 in Yuma, Arizona, where he was in jail, probably on a [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] said she visited [REDACTED] in jail and later saw him on the street there where he told her he had been released.
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Investigation on 5/1/80 at Raleigh, N.C. File # CE-164-219
by SA THOMAS H. MILLER [REDACTED] Date dictated 5/1/80
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-29472
CE 164 219 2
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[REDACTED] stated that shortly after [REDACTED] [REDACTED] showed her a [REDACTED] and told her that she should [REDACTED] and threatened her with physical harm if she were to do so. [REDACTED] said she did [REDACTED] when [REDACTED] was not around and found contained therein a number of photographs showing [REDACTED] in airplanes with parachutes on his back. [REDACTED] said she never knew [REDACTED] to have parachuted and that he never talked about parachuting. [REDACTED] said [REDACTED] said he had been in the Korean War and that he refused to talk much about his experience. [REDACTED] said [REDACTED] was [REDACTED] the Korean War.
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[REDACTED] said that shortly after [REDACTED] rented a furnished house in the [REDACTED] of Pueblo, Colorado, using the name [REDACTED] stated she did not know why [REDACTED] used the first name of [REDACTED] for this transaction.
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[REDACTED] provided the interviewing agent with two pages she said she tore out of [REDACTED] which is the only thing she [REDACTED] stated these pages contain the handwriting of both [REDACTED] and herself.
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[REDACTED] provided the following description of [REDACTED] based on her recollection as well as information contained on [REDACTED] pages, which is unverified
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Name [REDACTED] Sex Male Race· White Date of Birth [REDACTED] Place of Birth [REDACTED] Height: 5 feet 9 inches - 6 feet Weight: 180 pounds Build Thin, had tapeworm at one time. Hair Dark brown or black, worn in various styles from "duck tail" to crew cut which he changed frequently. Eyes: Unrecalled, possibly blue. Facial Hair: Occasionally wore waxed handlebar mustache. Complexion Average Occupation· [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-29473
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b6 b7C
Serials: CE 164 219, CE-164-219