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FBI accepts new evidence in D.B. Cooper hijacking cold case
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:11 pm
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:11 pm
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A team of sleuths says the FBI has accepted new evidence that could be linked to 46-year-old D.B. Cooper cold case. The potential evidence, described by private investigators as “an odd piece of buried foam” is believed to be one of the key materials that made up Cooper’s parachute backpack. The discovery comes weeks after investigators uncovered what they believe are remnants of a parachute strap once worn by Cooper — an airplane hijacker who demanded a $200,000 ransom before jumping out of the back of a Northwest Boeing 727.
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Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:12 pm to AU24
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:12 pm to AU24
I prefer the tranny theory that was on the History channel a few months ago.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:14 pm to AU24
If he managed to pull off all of that and evaded authorities for all these years for $200k then he's earned it. 
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:47 pm to Devil_doge
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If he managed to pull off all of that and evaded authorities for all these years for $200k then he's earned it.
What's left of his skeleton is hanging in a tree somewhere.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:49 pm to Devil_doge
Agreed , just offer him a pardon now on the condition that he explained exactly how he got away with it.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:53 pm to AU24
What does accepting new evidence mean? Did they just take it, say thanks, and leave the case closed? Is it now in a box in a warehouse? In what way does this help them? Any DNA would be degraded beyond usefulness.
Did they even have a DNA profile on him? He smoked a lot of cigs but this was before DNA collecting was a thing.
I guess my questions are what does this mean and what does it change?
Did they even have a DNA profile on him? He smoked a lot of cigs but this was before DNA collecting was a thing.
I guess my questions are what does this mean and what does it change?
Posted on 8/21/17 at 12:32 am to Godfather1
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What's left of his skeleton is hanging in a tree somewhere.
While this is probably true based on what is known in the case, the possibility of him hitting a clearing any surviving just by pure luck cannot be ruled out.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:20 am to EA6B
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the possibility of him hitting a clearing any surviving just by pure luck cannot be ruled out.
True, but the problem I have with believing he actually made it is that, other than what the kid found, none of the bills ever showed up in circulation again.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 5:48 am to Beessnax
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other than what the kid found, none of the bills ever showed up in circulation again.
The fact those bills were even found was amazing.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:01 am to Devil_doge
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If he managed to pull off all of that and evaded authorities for all these years for $200k then he's earned it.
200K in 1971 is the equivalent of $1,213,226.13 in 2017
https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=200000&year=1971
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:14 am to mdomingue
At what point do they just say, screw it and close it completely?
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:35 am to Beessnax
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the problem I have with believing he actually made it is that, other than what the kid found, none of the bills ever showed up in circulation again.
I agree with you, that's a good point, BUT:
The problem I have with him NOT making it is that he was clean cut and had titanium dust on him, which at the time was rare and limited to high end aircraft manufacturery. So he probably had at least a machinest job, if not a mgmt position in an aircraft related mfg facility. In other words, decently well paid. Not a tramp. So, wouldn't someone like that have a family or at least an employer/co-workers who would report him missing? And wouldn't the missing persons report, being posted at the same time as the hijacking, and "Cooper" at least somewhat matching the description of the missing person set off alarm bells? From the lack of a missing person report, likely in Seattle where they used titanium in their main industry at the time, I have to assume that whomever Cooper was, he made it back and went to work.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:36 am to Godfather1
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What's left of his skeleton is hanging in a tree somewhere.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:56 am to PhillipJFry
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At what point do they just say, screw it and close it completely?
Technically, I think, they never do.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 7:05 am to PhillipJFry
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At what point do they just say, screw it and close it completely
7-14-16.
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This is why I am wondering if it re-opens the case or do they just warehouse the new evidence. The new evidence doesn't seem all that helpful.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 7:23 am to Hangit
One of the parachutes Cooper jumped with as his backup was a dummy training chute that couldn't open.
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