Part 53, page 276
Document date 12 January 1975
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 53 p. 276 (DB Cooper-22614), News clipping, dated 12 Jan 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-53/pages/276
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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
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Officials fail to link skull, 'Dan Cooper'
A skull found Thursday in a heavily forested area 10 miles east of Estacada is not believed to be that of the air- plane hijacker and extortion- ist "Dan Cooper," a deputy state medical examiner said.
The skull, found by a man who turned it over to Clacka- mas County sheriff's depu- ties, is believed to be that of a male, about 30 years old, who had been dead for some time, according to Dr. Larry Lewman.
Speculation that the skull might have been that of Cooper started after the find- er, who was unidentified, re- portedly said he spotted re- mains of a parachute in a nearby tree.
"Whatever we know now is only an educated guess," Lewman said. "Everything we have is third hand. The man brought the skull to the sheriff's office, and they turned it over to us. The po- lice haven't been to the site, which is covered with snow, but simply reported what the man told them."
Lewman, who's in charge of the case and seeking den- tal records, said the FBI also do not believe that the skull was Cooper's.
"I talked to them and they said from where Cooper went out of the plane, pre- vailing wind currents, speed of the aircraft and other data, they doubted it could be the hijacker."
The man called Cooper parachuted out of the back of a Northwest Airlines jet on the night of Nov. 24, 1971, with $200,000 in extortion money.
Cooper bailed out some- where over southwestern Washington.
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