Part 38, page 207

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Apparently not. John Reed, special agent in charge of the F.B.I.'s Seattle of- fice reports the total number of persons investigated so far on the Cooper caper has exceeded 800. How many are they investigat- ing now? "I would estimate," he said, "that around 20 to 30 suspects are involved." The D. B. Cooper file, he con- cluded, "is still very much open."

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band," Pitkin said, "and it doesn't belong to anyone other than Northwest Air Lines." Besides, he explained, the long-sought money would be subject to being held as evidence, so any such windfall "would be ill-gotten, and a very seri- ous offense."

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Robert Hawkins is a Seattle writer.

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What about reports of the statute of limitations on the "D. B. Cooper" skyjacking being five years and running out this November? John Reed, special agent in charge of the F.B.I.'s Seattle office says: "If a person leaves the jurisdiction for the crime, and it's a capital offense, the statute never 'tolls'." Stan Pitkin, United States attorney in Seattle, agrees, adding: "Although at the time of the offense, there was an uncertainty on the imple- mentation of a death pen- alty, this is, by act of Con- gress, a capital offense and the statute of limita- tion does not apply to capital offenses." What if Cooper is dead, and some hunter one day runs across the $200,- 000? "The money's contra-

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