Part 52, page 173
DB Cooper-21826Serials SE 164-81
Interviewed 30 April 2004Dictated 4 May 2004Transcribed 4 May 2004
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 52 p. 173 (DB Cooper-21826), FD-302 interview, interviewed 30 Apr 2004 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-52/pages/173
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FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95)
SE 164A-81
Continuation of FD-302 of [REDACTED] , On 4/30/04 , Page 2
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worked for Northwest Airlines, knew how to parachute, and matched the physical description of Cooper. He was about 5'10", weighed about 170 pounds, and would have been about 45 years old in 1971. Kenneth was also a smoker and liked to drink. Despite the similarities, he had no proof and knew of no reason why [REDACTED] would have hijacked a plane.
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Kenneth was a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines for many years. He started in the 1960's and retired from that job in the early 1990's due to health problems. He was based out of Seattle and lived in many small towns in Washington over the years. At the time of his death, Kenneth lived in a house in Bonnie Lake, Washington. He purchased the house around the same time as the hijacking. Kenneth also knew how to parachute and learned how to do that in the military during World War II.
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Kenneth was never married, had no children, and lived alone. Kenneth had a couple of good friends who cared for him while he was dying. One of the friends was [REDACTED] Tacoma, Washington. He could not recall the name of the other person. Kenneth had met [REDACTED] at a bar when [REDACTED] was down and out on his luck. Kenneth took him under his wing and helped get him straightened out. [REDACTED] is now married and has children.
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Kenneth was not very close with [REDACTED] and they communicated with each other infrequently. Kenneth must have been [REDACTED] There was about [REDACTED] There were [REDACTED]
He and [REDACTED] after his death, but [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] provided a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] from [REDACTED] a document which depicts [REDACTED] and a cryptic note that [REDACTED] Those documents are attached and made a part hereto.
[REDACTED] provided no further information.
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