DB Cooper

• Fab1b

  

  Old thread is locked but an interesting story posted today:
  http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-credible-lead-surfaces-d-b-cooper-case-050033480.html

  ..SEATTLE (AP) — The FBI says it has a "credible" lead in the D.B. Cooper case involving the 1971 hijacking of a passenger jet over Washington state and the suspect's legendary parachute escape.
  
  The fate and identity of the hijacker dubbed "D.B. Cooper" has remained a mystery in the 40 years since a man jumped from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 flight with $200,000 in ransom.
  
  The recent tip provided to the FBI came from a law enforcement member who directed investigators to a person who might have helpful information on the suspect, FBI spokeswoman Ayn Sandalo Dietrich told The Seattle Times on Sunday. She called the new information the "most promising lead we have right now," but cautioned that investigators were not on the verge of breaking the case.
  
  
  
  "With any lead our first step is to assess how credible it is," Sandalo Dietrich told the Seattle Post Intelligencer on Saturday. "Having this come through another law enforcement (agency), having looked it over when we got it - it seems pretty interesting."
  
  Dietrich says an item belonging to the man was sent to a lab in Quantico, Va., for forensic testing. She did not provide specifics about the item or the man's identity.
  
  Federal investigators have checked more than 1,000 leads since the suspect bailed out on Nov. 24, 1971, over the Pacific Northwest. The man who jumped gave his name as Dan Cooper and claimed shortly after takeoff in Portland, Ore., that he had a bomb, leading the flight crew to land the plane in Seattle, where passengers were exchanged for parachutes and ransom money.
  
  The flight then took off for Mexico with the suspect and flight crew on board before the man parachuted from the plane.
  
  The FBI's recent tip in the case was first reported by The Telegraph newspaper in London.
  
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• imex99

  

  Interesting, great story to follow.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  They did blieve they found him a number of years ago but he had passed away and they were unable to get a positive ID. I believe the FBI has more pressing current issues than tracking this old guy down. IMO.
• LJ

  

  THE4RINGZ;848489 wrote:They did blieve they found him a number of years ago but he had passed away and they were unable to get a positive ID. I believe the FBI has more pressing current issues than tracking this old guy down. IMO.

  
  probably a bunch of old guys near retirement
• THE4RINGZ

  

  They did blieve they found him a number of years ago but he had passed away and they were unable to get a positive ID. I believe the FBI has more pressing current issues than tracking this old guy down. IMO.
• 1_beast

  

  Didnt the FBI see "Without A Paddle"?
  
  
• jmog

  The TV Series "Numb3rs" did an episode surrounding this case, was quite interesting.
  
  If you aren't acquaited with the now canceled show, 1 brother was an FBI agent, the other was a math genius professor at UofCal Berkeley. The math genius helped the FBI brother solve crimes using math.
  
  Was an interesting episode.
• Gardens35

  THE4RINGZ;848489 wrote:They did blieve they found him a number of years ago but he had passed away and they were unable to get a positive ID. I believe the FBI has more pressing current issues than tracking this old guy down. IMO.

  
  +1
• Gardens35

  THE4RINGZ;848534 wrote:They did blieve they found him a number of years ago but he had passed away and they were unable to get a positive ID. I believe the FBI has more pressing current issues than tracking this old guy down. IMO.

  +2
• Glory Days

  

  Didnt they also find some of the money on the banks of a river? plus none of the money has been found in circulation correct?
• Fab1b

  

  Glory Days;848609 wrote:Didnt they also find some of the money on the banks of a river? plus none of the money has been found in circulation correct?

  
  they found like 6 g's in tattered and torn bills along a river bed in the 80's in the area
• Fab1b

  

  No match on the latest DNA test but they are still not ruling this out:
  http://news.yahoo.com/no-dna-match-latest-db-cooper-suspect-fbi-013831744.html
• sonofsam

  

  1_beast;848547 wrote:Didnt the FBI see "Without A Paddle"?
  
  

  
  My point exactly... DB was already found.
• baseball4

  

  I thought this was a thread about the movie. What a bummer. Without a Paddle was f***ing great though!