Part 51, page 296
DB Cooper-21449Serials SE 164-81-9338
Document date 28 June 2000
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 51 p. 296 (DB Cooper-21449), Memo, dated 28 Jun 2000, serial SE 164-81-9338 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-51/pages/296
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(Rev. 10-01-1999)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 06/28/2000
To: Seattle
From: Seattle Squad 5 Contact: SA [REDACTED] 206-262-2503
Approved By: [REDACTED]
Drafted By: [REDACTED]:kjh
Case ID #: SE 164A-81-9338(Pending)
Title: NORJAK
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Synopsis: [REDACTED] date of birth [REDACTED] SSN [REDACTED] is the appeared at the Seattle FBI Office. [REDACTED] is the subject of previous Serials 9165 and 9317.
Details: [REDACTED] currently residing at the Tacoma, Washington, and holding Nevada Driver's License No. [REDACTED] appeared at the Seattle FBI Office. [REDACTED] had previously contacted the FBI on numerous occasions concerning captioned case. Following one such contact in 1991 (see Serial 9165), [REDACTED] was deemed not to be credible.
[REDACTED] advised that he had previously not provided complete information to the FBI, as he was afraid of being prosecuted. [REDACTED] related that in November of 1971, he was employed in a logging camp near Carbonado, Washington, where he worked with an individual, whose name he does not recall, whom he believes was Cooper. [REDACTED] said he came to this conclusion since this individual disappeared from the logging camp at approximately the same time he heard of the hijacking. [REDACTED] said that in the summer of 1972, he returned to an area near this camp, described as approximately four miles off of Highway 165, between Buckley, Washington, and Carbonado, Washington, where he found the skeletal remains of an individual and pieces of a parachute hanging from a tree. [REDACTED] advised that this skeleton had a black briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. [REDACTED] said he removed the skeletal remains, briefcase, and parachute from the tree; removed $10,000 to $15,000 in cash in $20 bills from the briefcase, buried the remains, and discarded the parachute nearby. [REDACTED] advised then, he went into the town of Coronado, where he spent some of the money at the general store and gave some of it to some young females there, whom he believed were later questioned by the FBI. After noticing what he
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DB Cooper-21449