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Part 46, page 273

DB Cooper-19099

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1- HIJACKING OCCURRED 11-22-71 AT THE POINT OF A GUN. 2 - IN SEATTLE, D.B. COOPER RECEIVED $200,000 IN UNMARKED $20 BILLS FROM NORTHWEST AIRLINES. 3 - THE MONEY WAS STRAPPED TO HIS WAIST. 4 - HE PARACHUTED FROM THE REAR DOOR OF PLANE - A BOEING 727 JET.

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[REDACTED] CAME HOME TO TEXAS FOR THANKSGIVING '71. HE CAME PLAINED OF NOT FEELING WELL. TWO DAYS LATER HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL VERY ILL. DIAGNOSIS - A RUPTURED SPLEEN

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HE COMES NORTH ABOUT EVERY 2-3 YRS. TO VISIT HIS PARENTS. HIS LAST VISIT WAS IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. INADVERTANTLY, I LEARNED HE WAS CARRYING (IN A CASE) A LARGE NUMBER OF $20 BILLS! THE TEXAS HOUSE IN WHICH HE NOW LIVES HAS BEEN NEWLY CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE LAST 3-4 YEARS. FROM THE BLUEPRINTS SHOWN US AND PICTURES OF THE LANDSCAPING THE COST MUST HAVE BEEN WELL INTO SIX FIGURES.

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DB Cooper-19099