Part 51, page 297

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To: Seattle From: Seattle Re: SE 164A-81, 06/28/2000

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believed to be numerous law-enforcement vehicles in the area, [REDACTED] became scared and drove towards Portland, stopping in the area of Woodland, Washington, where he buried a quantity of the money in the Columbia River bank, inside a fire pit. [REDACTED] does not recall exactly where he buried this money, but said he noticed lots of logs and an empty beer can. [REDACTED] believed he may have wrapped the money in plastic. [REDACTED] said he returned to the Carbonado area in approximately 1976 and revisited the location where he had buried the remains and money. [REDACTED] said he again saw remnants of the parachute he had discarded at that time.

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[REDACTED] admitted he has read numerous books on captioned case and could not explain why he had waited this long to come forward, other than being afraid of possible prosecution. It was noted by SA [REDACTED] that [REDACTED] facts concerning the discovery of the remains and their condition, as well as the briefcase, did not correspond to known facts in the case. Further, it was noted that the location described by [REDACTED] is on the north side of Mt. Rainier, and the location [REDACTED] claimed to have buried the money, near Woodland, Washington, was actually down-stream from where money was actually located in February of 1980.

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Based on the above and prior contacts with [REDACTED] it is recommended no further investigation be conducted concerning his story. [REDACTED] was told to return to the site at which he claimed to have buried the briefcase and retrieve one of the remaining bills for verification of his accounts.

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