10 People Who Might Be The Mysterious Plane Hijacker D.B. Cooper - Listverse
Posted on 08/27/2018 3:32:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Burdened by guilt over her knowledge surrounding the case, Marla Cooper came forward earlier this year, claiming she had a 40-year-old family secret protecting her uncle, a man named Lynn Doyle Cooper.
Marla Cooper said she was eight years old when her uncle, whom she called LD Cooper, came to her home, badly injured, for Thanksgiving in 1971 - the day after the infamous incident. He claimed his injuries were the result of a car crash.
Later, she said, her parents came to believe that L.D. Cooper was the hijacker. Mrs Cooper never saw her uncle again after that day and was told he died in 1999...
Marla Cooper also provided investigators with a photograph of LD and a guitar strap that he owned for fingerprint testing.
While the results of the fingerprint test have not yet been determined, authorities seem eager to end the investigation...
In addition, Marla Cooper said that her uncle was fixated on a comic book character named 'Dan Cooper,' the name the skyjacker gave the airline before boarding...
As for the $200,000 ransom, she believed Lynne Cooper lost it all as he parachuted to earth...
There were more than 1,000 possible suspects considered over the past four decades...
Many believe that Cooper was Richard McCoy, a Vietnam War veteran, experienced parachutist and BYU political science student who staged a similar hijacking several months later.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
full title DB Cooper case 'solved': FBI tells niece of skyjacking suspect they are ready to close one of America's biggest mysteries after 'matching' fingerprint
Marla Cooper also provided investigators with a photograph of LD and a guitar strap that he owned for fingerprint testing.
While the results of the fingerprint test have not yet been determined, authorities seem eager to end the investigation...
“Marla Cooper says her uncle came home the day after hijacking ‘badly injured’”
I’m not buying that Cooper jumped out of a 727, landed in rugged terrain dusted himself off, and then hiked home just in time for Thanksgiving dinner.
When does the Jimmy Hoffa case get finalized?
PING
DB Cooper case 'solved': FBI tells niece of skyjacking suspect they are ready to close one of America's biggest mysteries after 'matching' fingerprint
We need to dig up the end zone in Giants stadium first ...
This kind of sounds like the last episode of “The Fugitive” when the character played by J D Cannon finally gives in and admits to seeing the one armed man murder Richard Kimble’s wife.
It could not possibly be him.
He called himself D.B. Cooper.
His code name.
To throw off any investigators who would look for anyone with those first initials.
All highly interesting.
Basically 2 of the top10 point to Uncle Cooper.
Hoffa's body was buried in the concrete of the cornerstone of the Renaissance Center.
“While the results of the fingerprint test have not yet been determined, authorities seem eager to end the investigation...”
Misleading headline.
Sounds a lot like Jesse James showing up for dinner in the 1950’s, Butch Cassidy going to Sundance’s wedding to Etta Place in 2005 and Elvis replying to his fan mail...oh, and Adolf Hitler fly fishing on a Chilean river.
Yeah, that must be why they put it in ‘quotes’.
Sometimes I wish I had *interesting* relatives.....
All TEN of them ARE DB Cooper.
Think multiverse!
Adolph Hitler wouldn’t go fly fishing. He was a vegetarian and we all know how angry they can get by foregoing meat.
And, it appears to have been on the back burner since 2011.
That means a movie with nine sequels!
Plot spoiler
A whodunit where everyone did it
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