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[REDACTED] Attorney at Law

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April 5, 2003

Special Agent [REDACTED] Federal Bureau of Investigation 1110 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98101

Dear Agent [REDACTED]

I am an attorney in Maine. Several years ago a client of mine came to me with evidence that [REDACTED] had committed a number of crimes a good many years ago. The evidence was significant but not conclusive, so I began a private investigation in conjunction with some forensic experts and a private investigator from one of the major investigative agencies in the country. We have proceeded cautiously, not only because of possible danger to my client, but also to protect the reputation of the man in question, in case we are mistaken. (The man is well respected and has no criminal record.)

Some time after beginning our investigation, a new and unexpected development occurred. We learned of evidence pointing to the possibility that the man in question may have committed another crime, one unconnected to any of those we had been investiga- ting. This was the famous (or infamous) D. B. Cooper skyjacking.

Let me say right off that we view this possibility as a long shot. We do not have any evidence directly connecting him to the skyjacking. Nevertheless, there are a number of factors that make us believe he is a bona fide suspect. I will summarize some of them for you on the pages accompany this letter, where we refer to the man in question simply as "X." Again, this summary is not intended to prove that our suspect committed the skyjacking, but simply to demonstrate that he bears further investigation.

When this possibility first came to our attention, we reviewed all the information available to the public on the case. We then made some efforts to locate [REDACTED] the flight attendant who had a good deal of contact with Cooper during the skyjacking. When we were unable to do so (the last we were able to learn was that she had left a [REDACTED] in Oregon), we let our efforts on the case lapse and returned to our original concerns. It seemed to us that even if our suspect were guilty of the skyjacking, our chances of arriving at any definite conclusion were remote.

[REDACTED] Holden, Maine Phone: [REDACTED] email: [REDACTED]

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