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Posted on 03/25/2008 3:48:33 PM PDT by jazusamo
FBI agents in Seattle are examining a tattered parachute found recently in north Clark County, looking for evidence that it might have been used by legendary skyjacker D.B. Cooper.
The 'chute was found by children living near the center of the jump zone where the skyjacker bailed out of the 727 jetliner with $200,000 in cash in 1971, never to be heard from again.
Larry Carr, a special agent in the FBI's Seattle office, said the property owner was putting in a road on the site and his tractor blade uncovered some cloth. The children pulled out the canopy until the parachute's shroud lines appeared.
The owner of the property contacted the FBI, and Carr picked up the parachute earlier this month.
Now, after examining the parachute for about three weeks, the FBI could use more help, Carr said.
"We need to go back to the public. We need someone with knowledge of jumping equipment," Carr said by telephone from Seattle. Investigators hope to learn whether the parachute Cooper was given in 1971 matches the canopy in their possession.
People with information are asked to contact the FBI's Seattle office at fbise@leo.gov.
Here’s an earlier article, different information.
D.B. COOPER REDUX - Help Us Solve the Enduring Mystery (FBI)
FBI ^ | 12/31/07 | FBI
Posted on 01/01/2008 3:59:53 PM MST by DogByte6RER
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946904/posts
especially if he invested it in Bear Stearns!
Thanks for the link, I hadn’t seen that thread.
If this guy is still alive wouldn’t the statute of limitations protect him from any prosecution?
I guess it probably would. I think the case has become such a legend that they’d like to solve it.
Personally, I hope he succeeded and got away!
You’re welcome.
D.B. Cooper number two, what is a T-10 canopy. and what’s the accepted terms for ‘shroud’ lines among those who jump for sport or a living?
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Did they look under the chute for bones?
I was a sky-diving instructor when DB made his jump. The photo was published in our magazine and my Examiner asked his troops if we knew of “DB”.
WE knew nothing.
If that chute was buried, either DB made it or someone buried it and him, for a nominal fee, of course.
“There would seem to be reason for them to suspect he is still alive, given this recent uncovering of evidence.”
he would be possibly 80 by now, interesting.
Don’t know but he probably became cayote food. :)
But if he’d invested it in Microsoft, it’d be say $200 million today.
hmmmm......
Wasn't Cooper a financial guy of some kind? Bean counter or something?
Land .. stash the 'chute, scatter some cash to indicate a failed escape ... the search is less intensive ... skip to the Bahama's.
Amazing how this story still manages to get people excited. It seems like Jimy Hoffa, how every couple of years some “new” evidence pops up, but it later turns out to be a false lead.
Three minutes ... probably already ID'd and is haggling for a substantial "payment for services".
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