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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November 24, 1971
I was about 19 months old, so was probably at my mom & dad’s, or maybe my grandparents.
I was experiencing my first winter in Alaska and thinking, “This isn’t so bad”. (Compared to Buffalo where I had been.)
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