Wow, this thread is huge. I recently saw a show on Inside Edition that said Ted Mayfield is a possible for DB Cooper. There was recently a story in the local McMinnville paper which disputed this. I'm confused about a few things, however. Ckret, do you work in the Seattle office of the FBI as an agent? It sounds like you are going to get some of the information and share it with us Monday? That would mean you're actively working the case. The FBI doesn't even give access to a case unless an agent has been assigned, even if it is temporary. Can you tell us more? Or is it a Ckret. Clever name.
I don't have access to the files. I just have Ralph's book. I'm guessing the case cards won't disagree with what Ralph has to say. God love Ralph, he's a pretty good square dancer, but he got stuck on things that fit a preconceived notion. The result is the only unsolved sky jacking in US history. If I were you, I would stick to the description from Florence. Tina probably won't help much, especially now. She became very reluctant to help in less than a month of the actual heist.
Did you see the Unsolved Mysteries piece? Florence Schaffner (without muddling from an overly helpful and insistent ticket agent) did a sketch with an LA County sketch artist named Mahlon Coleman. As you probably well know, composites (descriptions done by committee) can be very deceiving. It is too bad that right off the bat Ralph himself did not interview both prime witnesses right after a sketch artist was done with both of them. Individual sketches from the prime suspects. What a concept.
Yes, if I had my druthers I would only use a sketch from Schaffner and Muckow individually. It might be interesting to compare the two when they are done. See how close they came to each other. This would be very useful in establishing the reliability of one or the other witness. Even if one sat right next to him for five hours, which did not exactly happen. Beleive me, I know.