Part 48, page 63

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Criminal Department SHERIFF'S OFFICE Cowlitz County KELSO, WASHINGTON 98626

TYPE OF INCIDENT: AIRLINE HIJACKING REPORTING AGENCY: CCSO DATE REPORTED: Nov/1971 TODAY'S DATE: 11/24/86 COMPL NO.: PAGE NO.: 1 CTIM, LAST FIRST M: RATING: ADDRESS: PHONE:

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Narrative:

Shortly before 1:00 PM, Tuesday, November 11, 1986, a woman, who wished to remain anonymous, came to the Sheriff's Office to view the composite likeness of "D.B. Cooper", the successful hijacker who received #200,000 in ransom money in November of 1971. The woman believed she knew who the hijacker was and related the following story:

A short while after [REDACTED] he told her that he had a confession to make and just had to get something off his chest. She stated he acted nervous and broke out into a cold sweat which was somewhat out of character for him. He admitted that [REDACTED]

She believes he was telling the truth because she [guess: states] that his kind of [REDACTED] and can't remember dates or anything, but his story of the incident was too smooth and went into too much detail to be making it up.

She went on to say that [REDACTED] was with the 176th Airborne (possibly up near Fort Lewis) and had just gotten out around Christmas time before the November hijacking.

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INVESTIGATING OFFICER: [REDACTED] APPROVING OFFICER: [REDACTED]

DB Cooper-19861