…and he died in 1999.
Last week, news that the FBI had made some progress on the decades-old DB Cooper hijacking case- in which a never-identified man made off with the then-princely sum of $200,000, parachuting into the Washington State wilderness leaving nary a trace- heated up forums and news aggregation sites. But the agency gave frustratingly little detail about any breaks in the case, and declined to even hint at who they believe ever-elusive DB Cooper could be.
But then a woman in Oklahoma City came forward and said she has been working with the FBI recently, and that childhood memories of cryptic conversations between her uncles led her to believe the man known as DB Cooper was her uncle, Lynn Doyle Cooper. Marla Cooper told ABC News:
“My two uncles, who I only saw at holiday time, were planning something very mischievous,…I was watching them using some very expensive walkie-talkies that they had purchased. They left to supposedly go turkey hunting, and Thanksgiving morning I was waiting for them to return.”
Then Northwest Orient Flight 305 was hijacked, with LD Cooper shortly reappearing, and- recalls Maria- looking battle weary:
“My uncle L.D. was wearing a white T-shirt and he was bloody and bruised and a mess, and I was horrified. I began to cry. My other uncle, who was with L.D., said Marla just shut up and go get your dad,” she said.
As for the fate of the loot, Cooper suggests that it didn’t survive the leap:
“I heard my uncle say we did it, our money problems are over, we hijacked an airplane,” she said.
Cooper says that her two uncles wanted to return to search for the cash, apparently because it was lost in the jump. But her father refused, she told ABC News.
If this turns out to be the end of the DB Cooper saga, will you be disappointed? Is this a satisfying conclusion to the real-life mystery?
Now I know what was put into The Time Capsule! I think there was a D.B.Cooper who worked in MAINTENANCE…….
I really do not think Cooper jumped into the wilderness. Perhaps he tossed some of the cash out hoping the law would find it and hint that he jumped in that region…and perhaps to hear about it on news and verify cash was really traced by serial numbers instead of finding out after spending it. I just can't believe he jumped out into the pacific northwest; it contradicts the meticulous and calculating nature of the crime up to that point. The dark, the cold, the rain, the wilderness and great chance of a tree catching the whole parachute, the chance of injury or death was very real, gimping around in the wilderness with survival itself a challenge not to mention he had to know law enforcement would be out in great numbers in that area. He probably was aware that the plane would be shadowed by fighters from McChord Air Force base and may have been part of his calculation…he waited til they had to turn back..the fighters also saw nothing by eye or radar leave the plane…granted it was dark and a human form in a dark suit would be hard to spot. A parachute could attract some attention though which they also did not see. I just think that some of the other items would've turned up…the brief case, more cash, parachutes, bones/skull etc if he didn't make it. I almost want to say Reno was his real destination. Why make the riskiest jump when you don't have to?
I think this sounds about right the guy lost the money at over 200 mph jump probley had to let it go bigfoot found the guys lute n bought drugs from the mexicans dan cooper went home with jack n laid low in drag so he wouldn't get found I think it was elvis.