Part 51, page 80

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leaders of the group behind the hijacking incident, she feels this is probably what he was doing. Several days later, [REDACTED] returned to their home stating that he had been able to obtain $14,000 in cash. [REDACTED] did not see the cash.

On one of the occasions when [REDACTED] spoke of his involvement with the hijacking incident, he told [REDACTED] that he had been chosen by a group, who had decided to commit this crime, because he was young, in good physical condition and had never been fingerprinted. The purpose of the crime was to obtain money for a war chest which the group was accruing. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that he did not personally profit in any way from this act. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that he was approximately 19 years old at the time and had been trained by this group at a paramilitary camp in northern California. It was at this location that [REDACTED] was taught to parachute and was given extensive physical training. The name D.B. COOPER was chosen by [REDACTED] and the other group members because his initials are, in fact D. B. and the name COOPER was chosen arbitrarily.

As far as [REDACTED] knows, [REDACTED] has never had any involvement with the United States military and she does not know if [REDACTED] actually knows anything about parachuting.

After the hijacking incident, [REDACTED] hid in various mental institutions, because he is a manic depressant and has a bipolar personality. According to [REDACTED] has good control of these disorders, however, can exhibit classic symptoms when he chooses to, because he truly has these disorders and knows a lot about them. [REDACTED] claims that [REDACTED] would go to an institution where psychologically troubled people are cared for and exhibit the manic depressant symptoms and be allowed to stay at these institutions until he could be evaluated. Eventually, he would always be released.

Several months after the hijacking, [REDACTED] ended up at the Navajo Indian reservation in the four corners area in northwest New Mexico, where he stayed for several years and was involved in marijuana smuggling. Again, [REDACTED] has no proof or detailed information which would serve as a basis for her belief in this part of [REDACTED] story.

[REDACTED] in 1978 in Deming, New Mexico, where he was residing with his mother, who is now deceased. [REDACTED] has resided in New Mexico, with [REDACTED] ever since then.

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