Handwritten noteHandwritten citizen tip letter re a man claiming to have jumped from an airplane and 'Joe Cooper'page 1 of 3
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Part 42, page 164

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Transcript

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Can't they [guess: touch] you? He said "Cause it's been five years, and the Statute of Limitations runs out tonight at midnight, and I'm celebrating." He told my son he had done something and jumped out of an air plane and escaped. He said he knew the forest well, that he had taken survival training when he was with the rangers. He was trained to jump from a plane, and survive on berries or any thing he could find. He said they would give them one chicken and tell them to keep the chicken untill they couldn't find any thing else to eat, and so as long as they could with out food. Then kill the chicken, and eat that. He said the F.B.I was looking for him. That night, I saw the picture on T.V. with out knowing about his conversation with my son. My son told me about the conversation with out