D.B.'s mystery continues
Relax BYU alumni association: The FBI says a muddy, torn parachute found recently is not the one used by skyjacking legend D.B. Cooper. The chute is silk, D.B.'s was nylon
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Cooper hijacked a passenger jet from Portland to Seattle on Nov. 24, 1971.He released the passengers in exchange for $200,000 and four parachutes, then jumped out the back of the plane somewhere near the Oregon-Washington line. His fate is unknown.
Had the chute been confirmed as D.B.'s, it would have added support to a scenario holds that Cooper was really BYU student Richard McCoy, an experienced sky diver. McCoy pulled off a similar skyjacking a few months later, but was killed in a shoot-out before the FBI could question him.
.Cooper hijacked a passenger jet from Portland to Seattle on Nov. 24, 1971.He released the passengers in exchange for $200,000 and four parachutes, then jumped out the back of the plane somewhere near the Oregon-Washington line. His fate is unknown.
Had the chute been confirmed as D.B.'s, it would have added support to a scenario holds that Cooper was really BYU student Richard McCoy, an experienced sky diver. McCoy pulled off a similar skyjacking a few months later, but was killed in a shoot-out before the FBI could question him.
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Once again, Glen, you've misstated the facts. You need to read the comments attached to your blogs.
McCoy was caught, arrested, questioned, tried (in Willis Ritter's court in SLC), found guilty by a jury, and sentenced to federal prison. He was shot and killed by authorities when he escaped from the prison, somewhere in the Midwest.
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