TeletypePortland to Director re interviews of finders of the ransom money20 February 1980page 4 of 6
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Part 43, page 180

DB Cooper-17385Serials PD 164-41

Document date 20 February 1980

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PAGE FOUR PD 164-41 UNCLAS

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WHO WERE PLAYING TOGETHER IN THE SAND BY THE FIRE WHILE, AT THE TIME THE MONEY WAS FOUND, [REDACTED] WAS MANY FEET AWAY FROM THE FIRE AND THE PLACE WHERE THE MONEY WAS FOUND AND WAS ACTUALLY NEAR THE WATER'S EDGE. UNDER CLOSE QUESTIONING ABOUT THE ENTIRE INCIDENT, [REDACTED] INDICATED THAT PERHAPS NOT ALL OF THE MONEY HAD BEEN TURNED IN BY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SHE AGREED TO DO WHAT SHE COULD TO SEE THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE RANSOM THAT HAD BEEN FOUND WAS TURNED IN TO THE FBI. ON FEBRUARY 14, 1980, [REDACTED] AFTER MAKING AN APPOINTMENT, APPEARED AT THE PORTLAND FBI OFFICE AND TURNED IN FOUR MORE $20 BILLS FROM THE RANSOM. AT THAT TIME, SHE REITERATED HER PREVIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE MONEY BEING ACTUALLY FOUND BY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 19, 1980, [REDACTED] REITERATED HER EARLIER STORY THAT THE MONEY HAD ACTUALLY BEEN FOUND BY [REDACTED] WHILE [REDACTED] WAS QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE [REDACTED] BY THE WATER'S EDGE.

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DB Cooper-17385