Part 59, page 237
DB Cooper-24381Serials SE 164-81
Interviewed 23 April 1972Dictated 27 April 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 59 p. 237 (DB Cooper-24381), FD-302 interview, interviewed 23 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-59/pages/237
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2 SE 164-81
have the qualification, he never worked as the [REDACTED]
She stated she also found out [REDACTED] is the son of [REDACTED] who does real estate promoting in the Bremerton area.
She advised [REDACTED] told her he had talked to the hijacker on the telephone and had recognized his voice, and that he had had additional contacts with this man and had known him previously. According to [REDACTED] said he was working on the supposition that the hijacker was an ex-Boeing executive and had an amateur or Army parachute experience, had also inside knowledge of how certain air- craft worked.
[REDACTED] further stated she searched the area as to the possibility as to whom this person would be and did a neighborhood investigation of the Holly area near Seabeck, Washington, and talked to the [REDACTED] at Holly View Homes and deducted that [REDACTED] was possibly identical to the hijacker. She stated [REDACTED] has a summer home in Holly View and lives in the vicinity of Renton, Washington, which is close to Seattle, and that his telephone number is in the Seattle telephone directory.
She further stated she interviewed [REDACTED] under the pretext of interviewing unemployed Boeing execu- tives. She stated [REDACTED] said he had been fired by the Boeing Company and then rehired back in February, 1972, in his old job. She stated [REDACTED] had a pretentious home and also has three sons and one of the members of his family was employed by Northwest Airlines Company.
She further stated one son, [REDACTED] years of age, and the other two names unknown, were both in their 20's and all three of them were married.
She further related [REDACTED] is a white male, [REDACTED] years of age, 5'11" tall, 175 lbs, with gray hair cut short but with long sideburns. She also advised that [REDACTED] appeared to have an agile gait. She also said he had just had a heart attack and had recovered. [REDACTED] stated she felt the hijacker might be [REDACTED] as he is very intelligent and has very nice home and wife.
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