ReportInvestigative insert re interview of Des Moines woman on Chicago Tribune composite sketch7 April 1975page 1 of 3
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Part 36, page 129

DB Cooper-13677

Document date 7 April 1975

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The following investigation was conducted by SA [redacted] b6 b7C On April 7, 1975, [redacted] also known as [redacted] Des Moines, Iowa, phone [redacted] was contacted at her request and advised as follows:

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In late November of 1974, she observed a newspaper article on page 10, section 1, Chicago Tribune, Sunday, November 24, 1974, which carried a story captioned, "D. B. Cooper, $200,000 Leap Still a Mystery" with Portland, Oregon, date line. This article concerned the skyjacking of the Northwest Orient Airlines plane on Thanksgiving Eve of 1971. A part of this article carried a portion of a map and copy of "FBI Artist 1971 Composit Sketch of D. B. COOPER."

After first seeing the article and the sketch in this particular article, she immediately had a feeling she knew the person involved, but did not have the nerve to call the FBI or anyone else at that time.

On several subsequent occasions, she intended to call the FBI and finally about 6:00 p.m., April 4, 1975, she decided to contact the FBI at Davenport, Iowa, but got no response so while she still had the courage, then called the Portland, Oregon, Office.

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The person she has in mind as a possible suspect in this matter is [redacted] who was b6 born [redacted] He lives b7C some place in the Parkland, Washington, area, phone [redacted] and apparently has a prior arrest record, seriousness or record unknown.

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He is about 5' 11" tall, weighs about 175 pounds, usually wears glasses, [redacted] b6 and was [redacted] in Washington, Oregon, b7C California, and Nevada, for many years, and lived in all of those states.

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/[illegible] EL 6612 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ JUL 23 1975 FBI—SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-13677