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DB Cooper Mystery After 53 Years - New Clues May Solve Case.
Lawyer Monthly ^ | Nov. 24 2024

Posted on 11/24/2024 5:19:11 PM PST by equaviator

A groundbreaking new clue might finally unlock the long-standing mystery of the DB Cooper case, which has puzzled investigators for over 53 years.

On November 24, 1971, a man using the alias Dan "DB" Cooper hijacked Northwestern Flight 305 over Portland, demanding a ransom of $200,000. After receiving the money, he parachuted out of the aircraft and vanished without a trace. Recently, on the 53rd anniversary of the hijacking, a parachute believed to belong to Cooper may have been discovered.

The children of Richard Floyd McCoy II, a suspect in the case, have stepped forward with intriguing information. Chante and Richard III 'Rick' McCoy reached out to YouTuber Dan Gryder, who has been delving into the case for years, inviting him to their home in 2022. Gryder, who had previously contacted the siblings, shared with Cowboy State Daily that a modified military parachute found in the McCoy garage could potentially be the one used by Cooper.

He remarked, "That rig is literally one in a billion." The McCoy siblings concur with Gryder's assessment but chose to wait until after their mother's passing to share their thoughts, as they believed she may have been involved in their father's actions.

Many people suspect that McCoy is the notorious hijacker who leaped from a United Airlines flight over Utah in 1972 with $500,000 in cash. Gryder mentioned that the FBI reached out to him after he shared details of his investigation on YouTube. The amateur sleuth stated that in 2023, FBI agents met with him and Rick to collect the harness and parachute as evidence, along with a logbook that Chante discovered, which was relevant to the hijacking case.

Dan "DB" Cooper is the name used by the criminal who took control of Northwestern Flight 305

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To: Red6

His family believes it was him, but kept quiet until their mother died because they were afraid she was an accomplice. They turned over the evidence to the FBI.


21 posted on 11/24/2024 6:24:11 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: equaviator

“..Where were you when DB Cooper jumped out of that airliner? /s...”

I was a dirt poor college kid trying to live on $5/week and thinking: “$200,000 for just jumping out of an airliner? Naaaa. I’ll just stay poor.”


22 posted on 11/24/2024 6:25:25 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
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To: equaviator

bbb dbc


23 posted on 11/24/2024 6:33:30 PM PST by thinden (Buckle up …..)
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To: equaviator

Where were you when DB Cooper jumped out of that airliner?
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In a crib in an apartment in Santa Monica, California. Shortly before the Sylmar earthquake. Coincidence? /s


24 posted on 11/24/2024 6:40:18 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“I just don’t believe in coincidences.”

I do. Coincidences can happen. The 2nd hijacking could have been a copycat crime or the same guy could have done both. It is hard to believe a guy would push his luck and do a 2nd one but there are cases of robbers continuing to rob banks after getting away with it. So it happens.

I understand the main reason the FBI didn’t think McCoy did the 1st one is because the eyewitnesses said McCoy wasn’t the one when shown his photo. One would think those eyewitnesses would clearly remember the face of a hijacker.
Sure eye witnesses can be wrong but that seems strange to me.

Let’s see if they get any new hard evidence. I’m not convinced they have solved it yet.


25 posted on 11/24/2024 6:47:46 PM PST by plain talk
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To: Magnum44

Yeah, I think he’s in one of those distant blurry pictures/videos with the guy in the Bigfoot costume running away...


26 posted on 11/24/2024 6:47:52 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: equaviator

I was a freshman in high school in Northern Idaho. I would watch the evening news every night and I do vaguely remember this story when it broke.


27 posted on 11/24/2024 6:51:41 PM PST by CommerceComet (Re-elect Donald Trump - AGAIN)
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To: plain talk
One would think those eyewitnesses would clearly remember the face of a hijacker.

Actually, eyewitnesses are documented to be highly unreliable.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-the-eyes-have-it/

28 posted on 11/24/2024 6:53:55 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: equaviator

I was a senior in high school and working at a McDonald’s.


29 posted on 11/24/2024 6:54:33 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: equaviator

“That rig is literally one in a billion.”

Much less than Gryder’s head is LITERALLY head up his ass.


30 posted on 11/24/2024 7:01:03 PM PST by A strike (death to taggers)
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To: equaviator

Fort Bragg in the 82nd Airborne Division.


31 posted on 11/24/2024 7:37:12 PM PST by moreisee (The Media is the enemy.)
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To: moreisee

I was in HS but got to the 82d in July 74 in what was my Junior year. That was a paratroopers dream hiest.


32 posted on 11/24/2024 8:56:40 PM PST by Jumper
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To: equaviator

I was 2 years old but I vividly remember my dab bringing piles of no net to play games with very realistic cash. Who knew my Danny bulshitus cooper was the man being searched for. He was an avid night parachutist with top notch survival skills.


33 posted on 11/24/2024 9:12:57 PM PST by wgmalabama (Screw Ukraine, screw Russia, screw the west. The only thing that matter is money at this point. )
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To: equaviator

Ungh, here we go again.


34 posted on 11/24/2024 10:34:01 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: equaviator; All
The real McCoy?


35 posted on 11/25/2024 2:28:16 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: All

I was either finishing 7th Grade basketball practice, babysitting my brother and sister or loitering at the 7-11 along with some of my school chums.


36 posted on 11/25/2024 2:49:58 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: Red6

I heard somewhere that John Bobbitt later changed his name to “Les Johnson”...


37 posted on 11/25/2024 4:54:20 AM PST by Ignatz (The bees don't bother to tell the flies that honey tastes better than dung.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Makes sense.

New evidence plus the family (witnesses essentially) all point in that direction.


38 posted on 11/25/2024 6:36:51 AM PST by Red6
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To: Ignatz

He also made a porno.

I think that got a lot of folks watrching just out of curiosity.


39 posted on 11/25/2024 6:41:01 AM PST by Red6
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To: equaviator

https://www.youtube.com/@ProbableCause-DanGryder


40 posted on 11/25/2024 7:10:21 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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