FD-350 clipping: 'New hijacker letter claims has 14 months to live' (Los Angeles Times)
Document date 15 December 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 78 p. 115 (DB Cooper-33930), News clipping, dated 15 Dec 1971, serial MP 164-73-149 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-78%3A115-115
FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)
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HAS '14 MONTHS TO LIVE' New 'hijacker' letter claims
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A person claiming to be the man who bailed out of a jetliner with $200,000 he extorted from Northwest Airlines says he is dying and committed the crime "to gain a few fast grains of peace of mind."
In a copy of a typewritten note received Monday by the Los Angeles Times, a man signing the name "D. B. Cooper" said he knew he wouldn't be caught because of his disguise, lack of fingerprints and other unspecified means he said he used to baffle authorities:
"I am no modern day Robin Hood," the note said. "Unfortunately I do have only 14 months to live."
The letter was the latest of several received by various newspapers.
The hijacker armed with what appeared to be a bomb, took control of a jetliner on a flight from Portland, Ore., to Seattle on Thanksgiving eve. After receiving $200,000 in $20 bills at Seattle, the man ordered the plane to Mexico and bailed out between Seattle and a refueling stop at Reno, Nev.
The hijacker is believed to be a man who boarded the plane at Portland under the name "D. B. Cooper."
"I've come and gone on several airline flights and am not holed up in some obscure backwoods town," the man said in the note postmarked in Seattle last Satuday. "Neither am I a psychopathic killer. As a matter of fact, I've never even received a speeding ticket."
The letter was turned over to FBI agents.
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2A Minneapolis Star —— Minneapolis, Minn.
Date: Dec. 14, 1971 Edition: Evening Author: Editor: Robert W. Smith Title:
Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Minneapolis ☐ Being Investigated
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164-73-149 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ DEC 15 1971 POLIS
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DB Cooper-33930
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Serials: MP 164-73-149