The “evidence” — a frayed, 18-inch-long piece of fabric that may have come from the parachute D.B. Cooper used when he escaped from a plane with $200,000 — was found in a mound of dirt in the deep Pacific Northwest mountains nearly two weeks ago. It was turned in Friday to t...
The prints and DNA found on the plane didn’t match Weber’s, leading the FBI to rule him out as a suspect based on this evidence. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below D.B. Cooper Confessor #3 Barbara Dayton The description of D.B. Cooper that every FBI agent and amateur sleuth ...
Here’s where we get our first bit of evidence that Cooper knew a bit more than your usual hijacker. Cooper's request of four parachutes was made so that those on the ground would think he intended to take a hostage with him. Had he only requested two (parachuting always involves two ...
the agent directly overseeing the Cooper case, Curtis Eng, explained that he’d reviewed the evidence independently amassed by Colbert and that “it didn’t prove that his suspect was Dan Cooper.” Late in the program, a flight
I have obtained more witness images of Cooper... and they definitely show "Latin American" in complexion and features. People who dismiss this description are just wrong. Some are justifying a suspect others just have a misread of the evidence. but the false premise that White/Caucasian...
perhaps aliases were familiar territory for Duane. She and Tim found compelling evidence in the form of tax returns. Most exciting of all, however, was the "sentimental journey" to the Columbia River in Washington State. Jo recalled a trip the couple took to the area in 1979, remembering a...
The FBI adamantly refused Cooper tips for years. But Colbert’s new evidence, they accepted. Wally had given Russ (and by default his wife Kristy) such a detailed description of the mountain spot where the loot and parachute were buried, the couple was able to ID the likely location from ...
been crippled by lost evidence, inaccurate record-keeping, and ineffective leadership. As we learned in 9-11, the FBI has difficulty "connecting the dots" in complicated investigations that span multiple jurisdictions, and the same is true with DB Cooper. For example: the FBI gave DB Cooper a...
Other evidence Colbert complied suggests the FBI tried to keep the case unsolved. “As we suspected, records show the Bureau has been stonewalling, covering up evidence and flat-out lying for decades,” he toldThe Oregonian. Since last January, the FBI has been forced to release more than 3...
Speaking of CooperCon: Colbert says his team was forbidden to attend the 50th gathering last year. “I found it puzzling that a 40-member cold case team with over 100 pieces of strong evidence on a suspect couldn’t make its case. Don’t you?” ...