Part 113, page 216

DB Cooper-51748

Document date 19 September 1972

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KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER'S REPORT

Case No. NONE Date 9-19 19 72 Time 1430

From [REDACTED] PATROLMAN [REDACTED] To AGENT [REDACTED] F.B.I., VIA MAJOR A. BEAL COMMANDER PATROL DIVISION Subject POSSIBLE SUSPECT INFORMATION D.B. COOPER AIR PIRACY

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(1) ROUTINE PATROL IN THE WHITE CENTER AREA HAS BROUGHT ME INTO CASUAL CONTACT WITH A [REDACTED] WMA APPROX. [REDACTED] AND FOR SOME TIME NOW WE HAVE SAID A FRIENDLY HELLO WHEN EVER WE WERE TO MEET. SHORTLY AFTER THE D.B. COOPER HI JACKING I NOTICED THAT [REDACTED] SEEMED TO BE AVOIDING ME.

(2) [REDACTED] HAS A BROTHER WHOSE FIRST NAME I DO NOT KNOW, HOWEVER I HAVE SEEN HIM FROM A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 60 YDS. [REDACTED] LOOKS LIKE D.B. COOPERS COMPOSITE PUBLISHED SHORTLY AFTER THE HI JACKING.

(3) ABOUT ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE HI JACKING [REDACTED] THEIR JOBS AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED] THIS COMPANY WAS BASED ON THE TUG [REDACTED] WHICH SITS ON THE DUWAMISH RIVER ADJACENT TO THE RIVERSIDE MARINA. [REDACTED] ARE DIVERS AND IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO SKY DIVE.

(4) ALSO THE [REDACTED] BOUGHT THE TUG AT CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS AND DUE TO LACK OF WORK AND PROBLEMS WITH THE BOAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OPERATING. THE REPAIRS TO THE TUG WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY EXPENSIVE HOWEVER I NOTICE LATELY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN STARTING THE WORK.

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[REDACTED SECTION WITH PARTIAL STAMP/SEAL VISIBLE]

ORIGINAL TO AGENT [REDACTED] C/C VIA THE CHAIN OF COMMAND

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KCDPS A-105 9-71 DB COOPER-51748

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Header and routing block of a King County Department of Public Safety Officer's Report dated September 19, 1972, from a redacted patrolman to an FBI agent via Major A. Beal, Commander of the Patrol Division, regarding possible suspect information on D.B. Cooper air piracy. A King County patrolman reports that during routine patrol in the White Center area he had casual contact with a white male adult (name redacted). After the D.B. Cooper hijacking, this individual began avoiding the officer. The subject's brother (name redacted) reportedly resembles the D.B. Cooper composite sketch. About one year before the hijacking, the subjects worked at a company based on a tug boat on the Duwamish River adjacent to Riverside Marina. They are divers who the officer believes would have the capability to skydive. They purchased the tug at considerable savings but had not been operating it due to lack of work and boat problems, though repairs have recently begun. Distribution notation indicating the original report goes to the FBI agent and a carbon copy is routed via the chain of command. A partially redacted stamp or seal is visible. Form number identifier (KCDPS A-105, printed 9-71) in the bottom-left corner and a Bates-style document stamp 'DB COOPER-51748' in the bottom-right corner.

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