ReportFD-204 report of SA John W. Frazer, Jr. re David Arthur Staudt NORJAK claims (MI 164-36)23 October 1975page 4 of 5
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Part 117, page 353

DB Cooper-53885Serials MI 164-36

Document date 23 October 1975

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People

D.B. CooperSuspectDavid Arthur StaudtSuspect

Places

Federal Correctional Institute, Chilicothe, OhioWisconsin

Dates mentioned

spring of 1974

Transcript

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MI 164-36

[REDACTED b6/b7C/b7D] claims that during spring of 1974, he was [REDACTED] in Wisconsin and [REDACTED] He was placed under observation [REDACTED] and was [REDACTED] a man called DAVID STAUDT. STAUDT was being tested as he also was claiming insanity since he was charged with a bank robbery which he later beat.

STAUDT indicated that he jumped out of the airplane, he had a direction finder with him, and his accomplice, a woman, had a homing device in a landrover automobile. Between the homing device and the direction finder, STAUDT was able to be picked up in the dense woods and taken out with the money. STAUDT indicated that he still had the money as it was so hot he could not spend it. Because he was having trouble spending this loot, he robbed a bank for $9,000.00. He beat the bank robbery case which he was charged with since his lawyer had the hospital superintendent "in the bag." STAUDT indicated that he made one mistake in this entire sky- jacking, in that he had previously used the alias D.B. COOPER and he was very upset over this and he hoped to get this straightened out when he got out of the hospital.

[REDACTED b6/b7C/b7D] stated that he believes that STAUDT is the most brilliant criminal [REDACTED] [REDACTED] STAUDT apparently never pulled any time except when he was a youth at the Federal Correctional Institute, Chilicothe, Ohio. He currently is an "antique car freak" spending over $30,000.00 for cars. He travels in very high monied society and always has highly attractive women with him.

STAUDT was telling him some of his schemes for kidnaping such as to make a large remote control airplane and have the loot put on the airplane and fly it away to where he was located therefore beating the surveillance of the drop. He also has a scheme in which he would tunnel under a house and have the money put into a garbage can in the house. The garbage can would have a false bottom and he would get the money from it and make his getaway undetected.

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