Feds fire up search for D.B. Cooper again

startribune. ^ | December 31, 2007 - 10:12 PM | PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune

[dennisw]

It has been more than 37 years, but the FBI hasn't lost interest in Dan (D.B.) Cooper, the man who parachuted from a Northwest Airlines jet over the Pacific Northwest while clutching a bag with $200,000 in ill-gotten gain.

Federal agents say they have reignited their pursuit of the mysterious Cooper.

In a news release issued Monday, the FBI said it is providing to the public a series of photos and information about the case, which has baffled and mesmerized authorities and the public for decades.

"Would we still like to get our man?" the FBI release said. "Absolutely."

The FBI said it's taking the action because of "new technologies like DNA testing."

The questions the FBI said it hopes to answer: Who was Cooper? Did he survive the jump? And what happened to the loot, only a small part of which has ever surfaced?

The agency said it has pursued "thousands of leads and considered all sorts of scenarios

[JimRed]

And what happened to the loot, only a small part of which has ever surfaced?

Gee, I thought everybody knew- he got killed in the jump; a hiker found the money was smart enough to invest it offshore...didn't you see that TV movie?

;^)

[Kickass Conservative]

He’s dead Jim.
Beam me up.

[Kozak]

I suggest they start by looking at Sun City and in nursing homes....

[trumandogz]

What a total waste of Government resources.

[dennisw]

By FBI

Artist's rendering of D.B. Cooper

(Betcha never saw this artist's rendering before)

[Drago]

A link from 2005:
http://www.king5.com/localnews/specialassignments/stories/NW_052505SRKdbcooperSW.2ac0394e1.html

[RebelTex]

From your linked article:

"Tosaw is convinced that Cooper plunged into the river, anchored down by his heavy parachute, the money bag and his brief case bomb, all tied together for his daring jump."

Wrong - DB pulled the wrong cord on his way down and instead of opening the parachute, he detonated his bomb.  Not enough left of him or the money to find.

/theory # 192,168

[ICE-FLYER]

Yeah...good idea. They can’t find Steve Fossett so I guess they need to find Cooper.

[PAR35]

Related:

D.B. COOPER REDUX - Help Us Solve the Enduring Mystery (FBI)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946904/posts

[mngran2]

How about, instead of going after this stale case, they invest the money and resources in going after, I don’t know, say, OSAMA BIN LADEN? Sheesh.

[Tarpon]

I wonder, doesn’t the FBI have enough to do? Bread and circuses, the way government works when it doesn’t work.

[Joe Boucher]

The feds feel a need to find and punish D.B., they can’t allow this guy to be a cult hero figure any more then they could David Koresch.

[atomic conspiracy]

Maybe they can bring Janet “Torch” Reno out of retirement to supervise the investigation.

[Star Traveler]

There was an article from a few years ago, in which a woman was claiming that her recently deceased husband was D.B. Cooper, but that she didn’t know about it while he was alive. She only figured it out later and she provided evidence and proof for the fact that he was. She was on TV and there were several articles written.

I was in Portland, OR at the time the plane left Portland, on the way to Seattle, WA. I was at work and it was a stormy night. It was raining “cats and dogs” and was cool. It was around Thanksgiving and we listened to the developments on the radio at work. I can still remember that particular event and what we were doing at work, at the time, because the whole thing was so memorable.

I think the FBI should pay attention to that lady and what evidence that she has. They may solve it that way. I wish I could easily find that article once again. I may try looking for it and posting it here when I find it...

Regards,
Star Traveler

[Bobalu]

try here
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=claiming+that+her+recently+deceased+husband+was+D.B.+Cooper&btnG=Google+Search

[ninonitti]

“Would we still like to get our man?” the FBI release said. “Absolutely.”

Evidentally this policy doesn’t extend to Whitey Bulger:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/james_whitey_bulger/index.html

[Jaysun]

There was an article from a few years ago, in which a woman was claiming that her recently deceased husband was D.B. Cooper, but that she didn’t know about it while he was alive. She only figured it out later and she provided evidence and proof for the fact that he was. She was on TV and there were several articles written.

How could that be? I wonder if she found a tattoo on his body that said, "I'm D.B. Cooper."

[Star Traveler]

Thanks, the Wikipedia article has a good explanation of it — under Duane Weber. However, they also said —

“An FBI report released in February 2007 stated that DNA taken from the J.C. Penney tie that Cooper left on the plane was not that of Duane Weber.”

So, that would seem to close the case as far as that particular suspect is concerned. But, I don’t know, though. I would hold out a bit and wait and see what else they come up with. It’s entirely possible that there was other DNA on that tie and the “match” they were trying to get (from the DNA on the tie) may not be the right person that they should have been trying to match.

I’m still holding out for that guy, Weber...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper

Regards,
Star Traveler

P.S. — I also remember when they found that cash from D.B. Coopers stash, just recently on the Columbia River. I thought that was *absolutely amazing* that it was found that much time later. That just goes to show you that D.B. Cooper *did* get away....

[Star Traveler]

You said — How could that be? I wonder if she found a tattoo on his body that said, “I’m D.B. Cooper.”

LOL! Yeah, that’s how...

But, really, someone else provided me with a link to that story, and I posted it in post #19. I still kinda think it could be that Weber guy...

Regards,
Star Traveler