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(Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) A-1 HERALD EXAMINER LOS ANGELES, CA

Date: 2/13/80 Edition: Wednesday. Latest

Title: D.B. AND THE MONEY

Character: or DAMY Classification: 80-421;164-497 Submitting Office: Los Angeles

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VANCOUVER, Wash. — William M. Baker, assistant agent in charge of the Portland FBI office, said discovery of the money bills, used eight years lends credence to the FBI theory ago as part of the $200,- that Cooper died in the hijacking 000 paid to airline hijacker "D.B. that Cooper died in the hijacking Cooper," have been found on a attempt. Columbia River beach near here, the FBI announced yesterday. Harold D. Ingram, 27, his wife, Patricia, 26, and their two sons, were picnicking on what is known as Tena's Bar last Sunday when their older son discovered the money. Eight-year-old Brian Ingram was helping his father gather firewood and had scooped out sand for a fire. As his father was about to drop an armload of wood, young Ingram said, 'Wait a minute, Daddy.' Recalling his find yesterday, Brian said, "I seen that money, I thought, wow." But his parents remained calm. The son recalled. They thought it was counterfeit. The tattered and worn bills young Ingram found were the first to be recovered by law enforce- ment agencies since Nov. 24, 1971, when a passenger hijacked a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727. The man, identified on the flight list as Dan Cooper, parachuted out of the airliner somewhere over southwestern Washington. The serial numbers on the bills discovered by young Ingram matched those on the money given Cooper by the FBI in 1971.

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Twelve packets of $20 in charge of the Portland FBI office, said discovery of the money lends credence to the FBI theory that Cooper died in the hijacking attempt. Cooper's extortion effort was the first time a jet had been hijacked for ransom. A number of hijack- ings for cash have been carried out since the Cooper escapade. Baker said the FBI could not be certain how much money was in the packets, but said it amounted to "several thousand dollars." The money has been sent to the FBI laboratory in Washington, D.C., and Baker hopes the lab will be able to pick fingerprints off the bills, which could lead to the suspect. "That would be a hell of a break," he said.

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SEARC ED [illegible] SERIAL[IZED] FEB 9 1980 [illegible]

SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FEB 13 1980 FBI — LOS ANGELES

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DB Cooper-27462 ORIGINAL TO THE BUREAU