Telephonic interview of source in Muskogee, Oklahoma re Merlin Eugene Cooper
Interviewed 11 March 1988Dictated 11 March 1988Transcribed 7 October 1988
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Id: Cooper-Part-97:192-193
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-97:192-193 Document: FD-302 telephonic interview of source in Muskogee, Oklahoma re Merlin Eugene Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-97:192-193 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-97%3A192-193 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 97 pp. 192–193 (DB Cooper-43725–43726), FD-302 interview, interviewed 11 Mar 1988, serial PD 164-41-1978 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-97%3A192-193
FD-302 (REV. 3-10-82)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- 1 - Date of transcription 10/7/88
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[REDACTED], Muskogee, Oklahoma [REDACTED], were telephonically contacted, at which time, [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED]. She advised that MERLIN EUGENE COOPER had lived with [REDACTED] for a period of years in Hermiston, Oregon, and then in Muskogee, Oklahoma, prior to their separation. She advised that a lady by the name of [REDACTED], who [REDACTED] with MERLIN EUGENE COOPER [REDACTED].
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[REDACTED] advised that COOPER told them that he had been in the military and worked in an air traffic control tower. He also told them he was a paramedic.
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[REDACTED] further advised that COOPER had shot himself to get attention from some girls [REDACTED] [REDACTED] near Muskogee. He shot himself where he thought there were no vital organs but he still bled to death. His wife, [REDACTED] JANE MILLER, was going to come back to Muskogee, Oklahoma. He may have shot himself to also get attention and sympathy from her.
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[REDACTED] advised that COOPER would never go to work while he was in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He had been an alcoholic for years and also used drugs. He "took" every person that he ever met. He "took" [REDACTED] JANE MILLER, for about $30,000.00.
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Investigation on 3/11/88 at Pendleton, Oregon File # PD 164A-41-1978
by SA SAMUEL A. MC PHETERS SAM[REDACTED] Date dictated 3/11/88
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.
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DB Cooper-43725
FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83)
PD 164A-41
Continuation of FD-302 of [REDACTED] , On 3/11/88 , Page - 2 -
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The [REDACTED] described COOPER as follows:
Name EUGENE COOPER Race White Sex Male Nationality American Age About forty-five years old Weight 180 pounds Height Over 6'0" Characteristics Right handed Complexion Very light Hair Balding, receding hairline; light brown; very thin; had dyed his hair dark once, because a lady, he once knew liked dark haired men Face Long, nice looking Build Medium Other Heavy smoker with stains on his fingers from smoking
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The [REDACTED] advised that COOPER painted a lot of paintings on the death theme.
The [REDACTED] advised that anything that would get attention to COOPER, COOPER would do.
The [REDACTED] further advised that COOPER died in 1976, approximately, and had been in the Veteran's Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma. They advised that the Muskogee Police Department had records regarding his death.
The [REDACTED] further advised that COOPER never talked about himself much and never wrote but always printed.
[REDACTED] advised that COOPER indicated that he had a pin in his shoulder, but he had never asked him how he got it.
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On March 12, 1988, [REDACTED] advised that she first met COOPER in Eugene, Oregon. COOPER moved to Oklahoma, in December of 1971, from Hermiston, where he had already been living with [REDACTED] JANE MILLER.
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DB Cooper-43726
Serials: PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1978