Part 120, page 421
DB Cooper-55459Serials AT 164-254
Document date 13 May 1977
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 p. 421 (DB Cooper-55459), Airtel, dated 13 May 1977 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-120/pages/421
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AT 164-254
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BROWN's mind established his identity as the highjacker, and outlined a plan whereby BROWN and COFFELT would return to the area in the Cascade Mountains, where together, they would conduct a search and recover the ransom money paid in this case.
BROWN writes that he and COFFELT actually did make a camping trip into the Cascade Mountains and a search was conducted without success in locating the ransom money.
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The file furnished by BOWDEN contains information from BROWN reflecting that he has been paid at [guess: least] the sum of $10,000 relating to a story which he is contemplating relating to the D.B. COOPER case. It appears that BROWN intends to describe COFFELT through an appropriate pseudonym as the actual highjacker in instant matter and plans to write of their trip together and the unsuccessful search that they conducted to recover the ransom money paid in this case. BOWDEN related that COFFELT is now dead based on information furnished by BROWN, having died in Honolulu, approximately one year ago or more and that COFFELT's wife is presently residing there.
A review of the material written by BROWN contains innuendoes that the Government and particularly the FBI does not desire to solve instant matter nor to find the ransom money, which was paid. BROWN alleges that COFFELT had and perhaps still has friends in the Department of Justice or the FBI.
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The files maintained at the U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, disclose that JAMES HENRY BROWN, JR., Number 65249-A, was received at the Atlanta Penitentiary on 5/21/45, as a military prisoner out of North Carolina, charged with Assault to Rape and Rape. He was sentenced to serve a term of 20 years. He was given a conditional release from Atlanta on 10/25/52.
Files at Atlanta Penitentiary also disclose that DAVID BRYANT COFFELT, was received at Atlanta Penitentiary, on 4/28/49, to serve a term of 10 years
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