Part 111, page 432
DB Cooper-50845Serials DN 164-98
Interviewed 21 March 1973Dictated 27 March 1973Transcribed 2 April 1973
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 p. 432 (DB Cooper-50845), FD-302 interview, interviewed 21 Mar 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/432
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DN 164-98 (C-)
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[REDACTED] advised that she had accompanied HARTLEY, after first meeting him in July of 1972, to the Delta, Montrose area where they investigated two or three claims and later in Fairplay, Colorado, had also investigated some claims. In August or September of 1972, she was with HARTLEY in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico, investigating claims.
[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] had developed a gold separating machine and that is why HARTLEY had come to the Grand Junction, area. [REDACTED] stated she has not known HARTLEY to be in Washington or Oregon but that [REDACTED] lived in California and he is the father of [REDACTED]; HARTLEY's daughter and grandson were victims of a recent murder in California, names and places unknown to [REDACTED].
[REDACTED] stated at the time she rented the budget rent-a-car in Grand Junction, she took the car to Salt Lake City, Utah, and was accompanied by HARTLEY who went to contact people with mining in- terests in the Salt Lake area. [REDACTED] advised she never met the people contacted by HARTLEY, she allegedly stayed in the car or with her aunt in the Salt Lake City area.
[REDACTED] advised that she had never seen hand guns in the possession of HARTLEY and that while in Grand Junction HARTLEY used a credit card under the name of (First Name Unknown) [REDACTED] allegedly was [REDACTED] HARTLEY's and his function was to pay for the research expenses in looking over the mines by HARTLEY.
[REDACTED] advised that to her knowledge HARTLEY had taken a bus from Rangely to Salt Lake City and was going to Old Mexico to check out some mining claims.
[REDACTED] advised she did not know the date HARTLEY rented the room from the [REDACTED] in Rangely, Colorado, and she was not aware of how HARTLEY paid
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DB COOPER-50845