Part 61, page 123
Serials LA 164-497-995
Document date 12 January 1975
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 61 p. 123, News clipping, dated 12 Jan 1975, serial LA 164-497-995 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-61/pages/123
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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)
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IA-9 LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES, CA
Date: 1/12/75 Edition: Sunday Final Author: Editor: William F. Thomas Title: NORJAK
Character: or Classification: LA-164-497* Submitting Office: Los Angeles ☐ Being Investigated
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SKULL NOT LIKELY TO BE HIJACKER'S
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP)—A weathered human skull found in the Mt. Hood National Forest has been examined to see if it could belong to a skydiving hijacker known as D. B. Cooper. But authorities said it probably was not Cooper's.
Dr. Larry Lewman, deputy Oregon medical examiner, said Saturday that the skull appeared to be that of a white male in his 30s. Cooper was believed to be in his late 40s or early 50s.
The FBI said the flight pattern and winds the night of the hijacking more than three years ago also made it im- probable that the skull could be that of the skyjacker.
A man using the name of D. B. Cooper hijacked a North- west Airlines jet Thanksgiving eve, 1971, and parachuted out with $200,000 in ransom. He was never found and the money was never recovered.
If Cooper survived the jump, he is the only domestic hi- jacker who has not been captured or killed. The statute of limitations will run out on the crime in two years.
The skull was found east of Estacada Thursday by a hiker and turned over to the Clackamas County sheriff's department.
The idea that the skull could belong to Cooper spread when the man who found the skull reported seeing a pa- rachute in a nearby tree.
A sheriff's deputy confirmed that there was a parachute in the tree, but he said authorities had been aware of the chute for some time and that it appeared to be from weather instruments.
"I think this will turn out to be one our lost hunters, and h could be from out of state," the deputy said. "We may have a whale of a time finding out who he is, if we ever do."