Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Vernuce A. Hoffke re Thanksgiving 1971 whereaboutsInterviewed 20 October 19761 page
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Part 41, page 160

DB Cooper-16173Serials NO 164-136, SE 164-81-7720

Interviewed 20 October 1976Dictated 20 October 1976Transcribed 26 October 1976

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Places

Beaumont, TexasCaliforniaLafayette, LouisianaLouisianaMilford, IowaSheldon, Iowa

Dates mentioned

10/19/197610/20/7610/26/7619711976-08-01/1976-07-31

Transcript

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 10/26/76

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[REDACTED] telephonically contacted writer at the Lafayette Resident Agency and advised that after being interviewed by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on October 19, 1976, he had been trying to defintely account for his presence during Thanksgiving of 1971 and after [REDACTED] he was positive that during Thanksgiving of 1971 while driving for [REDACTED] he was working with another driver by the name of [REDACTED] and that the both of them drove together on cross-country runs and at that time in 1971 he and [REDACTED] had taken a truck to California and he remembers specifically that while in California he con- tacted [REDACTED] and advised her he was in California for a day or two and [REDACTED] where they stayed the day before Thanksgiving as well as Thanksgiving Day and ate Thanksgiving dinner with her and left the day after Thanksgiving, driving back to Louisiana.

[REDACTED] advised that he also believes that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] is living in Milford, Iowa, rather than Sheldon, Iowa, as he had advised Agent in previous interview and that should she be contacted he felt certain she could verify this information and that he knows for a fact either [REDACTED] or Durall Trucking Company in Beaumont, Texas, could also verify this information.

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Interviewed on 10/20/76 at Lafayette, Louisiana File # NO 164-136 -||7 /64- 8/-7720 by SA [REDACTED] :ebc Date dictated 10/20/76

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DB Cooper-16173