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MI 164-36 PAGE TWO

DENVER AND CHERRY CREEK, COLORADO, AND BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN. TO DATE, INVESTIGATION HAS DETERMINED STAUDT TO BE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED IN FIVE OF THESE ROBBERIES WITH EFFORTS BEING MADE TO RESOLVE ADDITIONAL 91 MATTERS.

IN ADDITION TO ARMED ROBBERY CASES, STAUDT CLAIMED TO BE D.B. COOPER, INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN NORJAK. STAUDT THEREAFTER GAVE ACCOUNT OF MATTER SIMILAR TO THAT PUBLISHED OR AIRED BY NEWS MEDIA WITH THE FOLLOWING DIFFERENCES OR ADDITIONS:

STAUDT ADVISED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FLIGHT, HE MADE A RESERVATION WITH NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN NAME OF DAVID BRADLEY COOPER. HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT NAME APPEARED ON MANIFEST. THE MONEY, 200,000 DOLLARS, WAS FURNISHED TO HIM IN LARGE LEATHER TYPE BRIEF CASE WHICH HE THREW OUT OF AIRPLANE IN SEATTLE AFTER SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRING MONEY TO LARGE CANVAS DUFFEL BAG WHICH HE TIED AROUND HIS WAIST PRIOR TO EXITING AIRCRAFT.

WITH RESPECT TO DIRECTIONS GIVEN THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT, HE CLAIMED TO HAVE DIRECTED HIM TO GO DUE SOUTH AT 10,000 FT.

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