Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Robert Hockman re Jerry Arthur Cooper, El PasoDictated 17 September 1975page 2 of 4
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Part 119, page 119

DB Cooper-54608Serials EP 164-52

Dictated 17 September 1975

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EP 164-52

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Marshall, Virginia. They were unable to reach Marshall, due to the heavy snow and traffic tie-ups so they turned around and went back to Hay Market, Virginia on Route 15, stopping at Frostie's Diner at Warrington, Virginia to have coffee. Not being able to get out of the Warrington area to the area they had selected to hunt in, they then proceeded to Quantico, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia and en route on Highway 66, found a car "wrapped around a tree" and deserted. They then proceeded on Highway 66 to Vinthill Farms turn off and proceeded to Quantico.

He noted that it is a requirement in Quantico Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia, that one must register at the Marine Corps Base as a hunter and must receive an instruc- tion at an unrecalled building, prior to hunting. All five of them registered on Thanksgiving Day, 1971, at Quantico, Marine Corps Base for hunting at Quantico. He did not see COOPER during the day inasmuch as COOPER hunted in one sector of the Marine Corps Base and he hunted in another sector of the base. At the end of the day, all five did return to COOPER'S residence together.

He was then working for Brentwood Maintenance Yard for National Capitol Parks and he did not take the day off and he noted this was the only time he ever hunted in Virginia on Thanksgiving Day.

He noted that he had known JERRY and [REDACTED] since approximately 1963 when they [REDACTED] at Falls Church, Virginia.

He and his wife moved from Falls Church, Virginia in 1965 to North Madison, Ohio.

In approximately 1966 to 1967, the COOPERS came to North Madison, Ohio and lived with him until they found a house of their own. While in Ohio, he recommended COOPER for a job at Cleveland Crane and Engineering and would not recommend COOPER for another job, inasmuch as COOPER worked for only a short while before he (COOPER) walked out on the job.

In approximately 1967 or 1968, the COOPERS left Ohio and moved back to Virginia.

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