Interview of Newport, Oregon witness re Eugene Cooper and Jane Miller

Interviewed 11 March 1988Dictated 11 March 1988Transcribed 7 October 1988

Part 97page 2031 pageDB Cooper-43736

Part of: Interview re Eugene Cooper's resemblance to the D.B. Cooper composite sketch · 7 October 1988 · Part 97 pp. 195–196

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Document: FD-302 interview of Newport, Oregon witness re Eugene Cooper and Jane Miller
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 203 (DB Cooper-43736), FD-302 interview, interviewed 11 Mar 1988 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-97%3A203-203

FD-302 (REV. 3-10-82)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

- 1 - Date of transcription 10/7/88

[REDACTED], residence [REDACTED] Newport, Oregon, telephone number [REDACTED] advised that she recalled EUGENE COOPER as having come from Eugene, Oregon, and eventually residing with JANE MILLER in Hermiston, Oregon. While in Hermiston, he was layed up in that he broke his leg and was on crutches. This was shortly after the D.B. COOPER highjacking. She advised that she thought of this at the time, and that he may have been the individual that highjacked the plane. She had been told by [REDACTED] JANE MILLER, that he had been in an accident on a bridge with the vehicle.

[REDACTED] described COOPER as follows:

Name EUGENE COOPER Race White Sex Male Nationality American Height 5'10" to 5'11" Weight 155 to 160 pounds Age Forty-eight to fifty Complexion Medium Build Medium Facial Features Long face Hair Losing hair on top, sandy colored, very receding Voice Medium pitch, soft Other Smoked; drank a lot Characteristics Very intelligent; very articulate; wore sunglasses[REDACTED] fingers and hands very long

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Investigation on 3/11/88 at Pendleton, Oregon File # PD-164A-41 164A-SE-81-2 [REDACTED]

by SA SAMUEL A. MC PHETERS SAM 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-43736

Serials: 164A-SE-81-2, PD-164A-41