Interview report (FD-302)Telephonic interview of source in Muskogee, Oklahoma re Merlin Eugene CooperInterviewed 11 March 1988page 2 of 2
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Part 97, page 193

DB Cooper-43726Serials PD 164-41

Interviewed 11 March 1988Dictated 11 March 1988Transcribed 7 October 1988

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 193 (DB Cooper-43726), FD-302 interview, interviewed 11 Mar 1988, serial PD 164-41-1978 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-97/pages/193

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FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83)

PD 164A-41

Continuation of FD-302 of [REDACTED] , On 3/11/88 , Page - 2 -

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The [REDACTED] described COOPER as follows:

Name EUGENE COOPER Race White Sex Male Nationality American Age About forty-five years old Weight 180 pounds Height Over 6'0" Characteristics Right handed Complexion Very light Hair Balding, receding hairline; light brown; very thin; had dyed his hair dark once, because a lady, he once knew liked dark haired men Face Long, nice looking Build Medium Other Heavy smoker with stains on his fingers from smoking

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The [REDACTED] advised that COOPER painted a lot of paintings on the death theme.

The [REDACTED] advised that anything that would get attention to COOPER, COOPER would do.

The [REDACTED] further advised that COOPER died in 1976, approximately, and had been in the Veteran's Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma. They advised that the Muskogee Police Department had records regarding his death.

The [REDACTED] further advised that COOPER never talked about himself much and never wrote but always printed.

[REDACTED] advised that COOPER indicated that he had a pin in his shoulder, but he had never asked him how he got it.

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On March 12, 1988, [REDACTED] advised that she first met COOPER in Eugene, Oregon. COOPER moved to Oklahoma, in December of 1971, from Hermiston, where he had already been living with [REDACTED] JANE MILLER.

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DB Cooper-43726