Interview report (FD-302)Interview re Barbara (formerly Robert) Dayton claiming to be D.B. CooperInterviewed 15 August 2006page 2 of 2
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Part 52, page 215

DB Cooper-21886Serials SE 164-81

Interviewed 15 August 2006Transcribed 16 August 2006

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 52 p. 215 (DB Cooper-21886), FD-302 interview, interviewed 15 Aug 2006, serial SE 164-81-9464 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-52/pages/215

People

Barbara DaytonSuspectD.B. CooperSuspect

Places

NevadaPortlandWoodburn

Dates mentioned

08/15/200610-6-951980199720002002

Transcript

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FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95)

SE 164A-81

Continuation of FD-302 of [REDACTED] , On 08/15/2006 , Page 2

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DAYTON said that she did not do it for the money. DAYTON had a hard life because of her sexual identity issues, so it was her way of getting back at the world. DAYTON was also upset that she could not be a commercial pilot and thought the FAA was too harsh on private pilots. DAYTON stated that she planned the idea while spending time in the hospital bed after one of her many surgeries. DAYTON claimed that she had put the money in a cistern on a farm near Woodburn. DAYTON had hidden a change of clothes near the farm before the jump. After the jump, DAYTON put women's clothes on, walked to Woodburn, and took a bus to Portland where her car was located.

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DAYTON thought that the statute of limitations would be up around that time of her telling the story, so she felt comfortable talking about the story. However, once she found out that the statute of limitations were extended in around 1980, DAYTON told the [REDACTED] that she had made the story up, that it was all a "dream". They did not talk about the story much after that. The [REDACTED] stayed in touch with DAYTON, until around 1997, when she moved to Nevada. DAYTON had a relationship with a man, and the man had passed away. The [REDACTED] contacted her again after finding her address on the Internet in 2000. DAYTON passed away in 2002.

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The [REDACTED] began researching DAYTON's life after she died. The [REDACTED] are convinced that DAYTON had told them the truth regarding being COOPER. [REDACTED] had driven to the exact farm that DAYTON had described, and saw the cistern where the money had been hidden. [REDACTED] did not try and verify that the money was still there, because it was a private farm. The [REDACTED] put together a binder with their research. In addition, they claim to have a hair brush and some sealed envelopes from DAYTON that should contain her DNA. They will deliver those items to the FBI in the future.

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DB Cooper-21886

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