Part 49, page 33
DB Cooper-20111Serials PD 164-41
Document date 15 March 1988
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 49 p. 33 (DB Cooper-20111), Airtel, dated 15 Mar 1988 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-49/pages/33
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PD 164-41
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On 3/7/88, [REDACTED] also advised that she knew EUGENE COOPER from contacts in the Eagles Lodge, Pendleton, Oregon, where she had danced with him on several occasions. Both she and her husband, [REDACTED] thought that he was from somewhere in the Midwest, possibly Arkansas or Kansas. They depicted him as a funloving individual who drank heavily and spent a lot of money. [REDACTED] further indicated that she had danced with him on several occasions, but that he left, came back after having been gone three weeks, just before the holidays of Christmas and New Years, 1971. At that time, he was limping and indicated that he had been in a car wreck.
She advised that several people joked with him, referring to him as, "D. B. COOPER." She advised that the episode of D. B. COOPER was still in the news at that time.
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Several other witnesses, including [REDACTED] who had worked with EUGENE COOPER while at Arrow Chevrolet, Pendleton, Oregon, and [REDACTED] also characterized COOPER as having very irregular behavior, very much of a con-man and having been gone for a period of time and came back limping and somewhat crippled up, and having a pin removed from his shoulder in a shoulder injury, which occurred around the end of 1971 to the first part of 1972.
It is noted that the hijacking in the D. B. COOPER case occurred 11/24/71, in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington.
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On 3/10/88, in Hermiston, Oregon, [REDACTED] of [REDACTED] with whom subject had resided from [REDACTED] approximately, advised that EUGENE COOPER was definitely a con-man whom she could never accept. She advised that [REDACTED] and would defend him on many issues. She advised that EUGENE COOPER was introduced to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Eugene, Oregon, in either 1969 or 1970, and took care of [REDACTED] in Hillsboro, Oregon for a period of time, then subsequently moved to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Eventually, COOPER moved back to Muskogee, Oklahoma, and lived with [REDACTED] also.
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On 3/10/88, [REDACTED] who is [REDACTED] years old, advised that EUGENE COOPER [REDACTED] in the 1970's. She indicated he helped with [REDACTED] for a period and then moved to the [REDACTED] She indicated [REDACTED] She further advised that EUGENE COOPER had served in the military, and had worked in an air traffic control tower. She was very protective of EUGENE COOPER, and when advised that he was a possible suspect in the D. B. COOPER hijacking, she immediately became quite lucid in her recollection of details, and advised that he was there to show her the newspaper when it happened, and to indicate, "Well for heavens sake, look at this?" She recalled her response was, "I'll look at it later" because she was baking something.
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DB Cooper-20111