Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Newport, Oregon witness re Eugene Cooper and Jane MillerInterviewed 11 March 19881 page
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Part 97, page 203

DB Cooper-43736

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

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FD-302 (REV. 3-10-82)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

- 1 - Date of transcription 10/7/88

[REDACTED], residence [REDACTED] Newport, Oregon, telephone number [REDACTED] advised that she recalled EUGENE COOPER as having come from Eugene, Oregon, and eventually residing with JANE MILLER in Hermiston, Oregon. While in Hermiston, he was layed up in that he broke his leg and was on crutches. This was shortly after the D.B. COOPER highjacking. She advised that she thought of this at the time, and that he may have been the individual that highjacked the plane. She had been told by [REDACTED] JANE MILLER, that he had been in an accident on a bridge with the vehicle.

[REDACTED] described COOPER as follows:

Name EUGENE COOPER Race White Sex Male Nationality American Height 5'10" to 5'11" Weight 155 to 160 pounds Age Forty-eight to fifty Complexion Medium Build Medium Facial Features Long face Hair Losing hair on top, sandy colored, very receding Voice Medium pitch, soft Other Smoked; drank a lot Characteristics Very intelligent; very articulate; wore sunglasses[REDACTED] fingers and hands very long

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Investigation on 3/11/88 at Pendleton, Oregon File # PD-164A-41 164A-SE-81-2 [REDACTED]

by SA SAMUEL A. MC PHETERS SAM Date dictated 3/11/88

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DB Cooper-43736