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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Putting dishes into the Hobart dishwasher at Ponderosa Steak House.
I was about 5 months old.
I was a 4 year old in Lyons, Indiana...trying to read a comic book as I sat on the couch imitating my dad sitting in his recliner reading his westerns. I don’t recall the news of the time.
I think he laned on the Columbia River. It appears he may have drowned in the Columbia River.
I was driving home from work in Seattle on a very rainy day...got so engrossed in it as it was unfolding, I forgot to pick up my son from daycare...course, his Dad who wasn’t working could have retrieved him.
Middle school.
Why would he keep his parachute?
McCoy successfully perpetrated an identical hijacking a few months later but got caught because of an errant fingerprint and spent years in prison for it.
He was always DB Cooper Suspect #1, but they could never prove it.
The second hijacking removes all doubt, in my opinion.
Unfortunately, their plans to start a family never materialized.
news...DB wouldn't have interested me.
A movie was made about it. It showed him jumping into a clear sky. In reality he jumped into the midst of a violent storm, never to be heard from again. Several years later a family found a suitcase full of rotting money in the area.
Never believe what a movie script tells you.
Interesting.
Didn’t know about a second strike.
Still criminal, BUT if no one got hurt and he got away in such an ingenious way, almost makes you wish he gets away with it.
Probably trying to fit all my toes in my mouth.
Oh to be that flexible now.
Just had a thought right after hitting submit.
Your reasoning isn’t sound.
People love to imitate other criminals. “If he can do it, so can I.”
Just because this other dude did it and got caught does not mean he was the Cooper from the first time.
Just my opinion.
You are entitled to yours.
I just don’t believe in coincidences.
Remember the woman that cut her husband’s dick off?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt
After that there were several of those.
The new evidence all points to him.
The new evidence all points to McCoy. 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.
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