Part 97, page 177
DB Cooper-43710Serials PD 164-41
Interviewed 7 March 1988Dictated 7 March 1988Transcribed 12 October 1988
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 177 (DB Cooper-43710), FD-302 interview, interviewed 7 Mar 1988, serial PD 164-41-1972 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-97/pages/177
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FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83)
PD 164A-41 Continuation of FD-302 of [REDACTED], On 3/7/88, Page - 2 -
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[REDACTED] advised that on one occasion COOPER and his wife came out to see him, and he loaned him money for booze.
[REDACTED] advised that COOPER was always without money but he did come up with silver dollars from time to time.
[REDACTED] characterized the marriage COOPER had with the elderly lady as a situation more like an older person taking care of a wayward son.
[REDACTED] advised he recalled that when COOPER gave him the painting "Final Resting," the woman who he lived with or was married to, said that COOPER liked [REDACTED] and wanted them to have the painting.
[REDACTED] advised that COOPER had said that the woman he was living with, or married to, [REDACTED] in Oklahoma with money, that they were coming out to see them and that they were very good looking. [REDACTED] characterized COOPER as being "kind of goofy." [REDACTED] advised that COOPER had never mentioned being a pilot although [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] advised he recalled COOPER leaving for a period of time, about one to two weeks, and when he came back, he was limping and hurting in the middle. He was banged up and said he had run his car off the road.
[REDACTED] advised that COOPER used to hang out at Jessie James Tavern, in Stanfield, Oregon.
[REDACTED] advised that somewhere along the line, he heard that COOPER had died.
On March 14, 1988, [REDACTED] advised that after further recollection, he concurred that COOPER came to Pendleton, Oregon, around the first part of 1972. However, he seemed somewhat uncertain of this date. [REDACTED] advised he recalled a conversation about COOPER being hurt. He advised that in 1972, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Pendleton, Oregon. He advised that COOPER brought them the portrait "Final Resting," after he started working at Arrow Chevrolet in 1972, in Pendleton, Oregon. [REDACTED] advised there were no comments made about him being called D.B. COOPER at the time nor was there any kidding. Eventually, however, the name D.B. COOPER just showed up on the back of the portrait.
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DB Cooper-43710