Handwritten noteHandwritten tip letter to FBI from Newport News, VA identifying a D.B. Cooper suspectpage 1 of 8
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Part 50, page 326

DB Cooper-21018Serials SE 164-81-921

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 50 p. 326 (DB Cooper-21018), Handwritten note, serial SE 164-81-921 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-50/pages/326

Transcript

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P.S. He [guess: lived] in Spokane and has been all through Idaho and [guess: Mont.] [guess: Sent] le[guess: ct.] [guess: question] [illegible] [illegible]

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Newport News, VA [illegible date stamp]

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[redacted] TO F.B.I. Agents [illegible] [illegible] [redacted] I want to start off, by thanki- ng you for taking ti me to read my [redacted] letter. I also want to say, please forgive me of my [guess: punctuation] and spelling. (I will try to do the best I can.) [illegible line] Now how [guess: do I] begin? Well (Im sorry D.B. Cooper is such a big Folk type person, like Jessy James. I really would feel more at ease [redacted] was trying to talk to you about [redacted] Normal [redacted] [guess: drug] dealer [illegible] [redacted] as [guess: business] when? [redacted] first started all suspecting that maybe [redacted] and D.B. [guess: Cooper] may be one in the Same person, I really was to [guess: young] to understand and she was also scared to come up to him and ask him point blank.

164A-81-921

So the D.B. Cooper thought [illegible] went on the back burner so to speak.

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