Part 108, page 206
DB Cooper-49251Serials NH 164-77
Document date 3 March 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 108 p. 206 (DB Cooper-49251), Airtel, dated 3 Mar 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-108/pages/206
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NH 164-77
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On 2/18/72 [REDACTED] advised that HATFIELD, mentioned above, is deceased, having succumbed in Alabama after a six-month illness during which he was confined to bed. He did not [know] the exact location in Alabama. He stated he would be tied up in court for the next several days and requested he be interviewed at a later date.
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On 2/25/72 attempts to contact [REDACTED] were negative.
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On 2/29/72 [REDACTED] stated he was well acquainted with JAMES HATFIELD. He said HATFIELD was former owner and building contractor of Lockwood estates, a housing develop- ment in Clinton, Conn., where he built numerous houses. He said HATFIELD had encountered financial difficulties and he [REDACTED] whose [REDACTED] recalled [REDACTED] He said the former who now lives in the [REDACTED], area.
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[REDACTED] said sometime later, HATFIELD had made several trips to Mexico and had met a Mexican girl whom he subsequently married and brought back to Connecticut where they lived in the above housing development. He said HATFIELD's financial difficulties worsened and during the first part of June 1963, HATFIELD and his family left Connecticut unexpectedly and his whereabouts were unknown for a time. [REDACTED] said that when HATFIELD left Connecticut he went by plane as he was a pilot of small engine aircraft. He had no information as to whether HATFIELD was an experienced parachutist but he did state that HATFIELD and a cousin, name unknown, were in the process of building a small airport near Gulf Shores, Ala., prior to HATFIELD's death. He said HATFIELD's death on 1/6/72 [guess: at] [guess: Mobile]...[guess: was] due to cancer. HATFIELD had had an operation in about August 1971. He was unable to assess HATFIELD's physical capabilities following the operation.
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[REDACTED] said his information re HATFIELD's death had come from HATFIELD's [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He added that HATFIELD's [REDACTED] name unknown, also lives in Alabama, possibly near Gulf Shores. He also believed HATFIELD [REDACTED]
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DB COOPER-49251
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