New evidence in DB Cooper case?

[Delldude]

Old parachute, modified, found in an attic. Can help ID the real McCoy.

Retired pilot, skydiver and YouTuber, Dan Gryder told Cowboy State Daily that he may have found the missing link after uncovering the modified military surplus bailout rig he believes was used by D.B. Cooper in the heist. It belonged to Richard Floyd McCoy II, and was carefully stored in his deceased mother’s storage stash until very recently.
McCoy has long been one of the FBI’s leading suspects after successfully pulling off an identical, but better-executed, hijacking in Utah just five months later.
“That rig is literally one in a billion,” Gryder said of the distinct parachute.
McCoy’s children, Chanté and Richard III, or “Rick,” agree with Gryder that they believe their father was D.B. Cooper, a secret that shrouded the family but wasn’t overtly discussed.
For years, they said, the family stayed mum out of fear of implicating their mother, Karen, whom they believe was complicit in both hijackings. Upon her death in 2020, they broke their silence to Gryder after being contacted by him off and on for years.

Who is D.B. Cooper? New Evidence May Crack One Of America’s Greatest Mysteries

A parachute found in an outbuilding in North Carolina could be the new evidence that may crack the 53-year-old D.B Cooper case. It could lead…

cowboystatedaily.com

 

[rightwinger]

After parachuting out of an airliner, why would you pack up the chute and bring it home?

Why not destroy the evidence ?

 

[Thunk]

McCoy’s children, Chanté and Richard III, or “Rick,” agree with Gryder that they believe their father was D.B. Cooper,

And now the FBI is freezing their bank accounts & seizing any inheritance they have received.

They should have kept their mouths shut!

 

[Delldude]

Why not destroy the evidence ?

He did it before, probably would do it again.

They should have kept their mouths shut!

Good point.

 

[rightwinger]

He did it before, probably would do it again.

Cooper got $200,000
Why rush to do it again and risk getting caught?

If he wanted another parachute, he could afford one

Cooper parachuted into the dense forest of the Pacific Northwest
Why would he carry out a parachute along with his $200,000?

 

[Delldude]

Cooper got $200,000
Why rush to do it again and risk getting caught?

If he wanted another parachute, he could afford one

Read the article, McCoy did it before.

Probably thought it was an easy way to make a buck.

After parachuting out of an airliner, why would you pack up the chute and bring it home?

I always questioned using the Aft air stairs on a '27.

 

[toobfreak]

New evidence in DB Cooper case?​

I don't know why everyone keeps saying DB Cooper--- there never was any DB Cooper. The hijacker's alias was DAN Cooper, some yutz somewhere along the line copied it wrong as DB and DB just stuck.

 

[Delldude]

I don't know why everyone keeps saying DB Cooper--- there never was any DB Cooper. The hijacker's alias was DAN Cooper, some yutz somewhere along the line copied it wrong as DB and DB just stuck.

Need to set the Wayback Machine to fix that. Some news wonks probably.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Old parachute, modified, found in an attic. Can help ID the real McCoy.

Retired pilot, skydiver and YouTuber, Dan Gryder told Cowboy State Daily that he may have found the missing link after uncovering the modified military surplus bailout rig he believes was used by D.B. Cooper in the heist. It belonged to Richard Floyd McCoy II, and was carefully stored in his deceased mother’s storage stash until very recently.
McCoy has long been one of the FBI’s leading suspects after successfully pulling off an identical, but better-executed, hijacking in Utah just five months later.
“That rig is literally one in a billion,” Gryder said of the distinct parachute.
McCoy’s children, Chanté and Richard III, or “Rick,” agree with Gryder that they believe their father was D.B. Cooper, a secret that shrouded the family but wasn’t overtly discussed.
For years, they said, the family stayed mum out of fear of implicating their mother, Karen, whom they believe was complicit in both hijackings. Upon her death in 2020, they broke their silence to Gryder after being contacted by him off and on for years.

Who is D.B. Cooper? New Evidence May Crack One Of America’s Greatest Mysteries

A parachute found in an outbuilding in North Carolina could be the new evidence that may crack the 53-year-old D.B Cooper case. It could lead…

cowboystatedaily.com

I thought they had I.Ded him as some French guy or something.

 

[martybegan]

Cooper got $200,000
Why rush to do it again and risk getting caught?

If he wanted another parachute, he could afford one

Cooper parachuted into the dense forest of the Pacific Northwest
Why would he carry out a parachute along with his $200,000?

What we really need to know is who did the Max Headroom TV Pirating.

Max Headroom signal hijacking - Wikipedia

 

[shockedcanadian]

What we really need to know is who did the Max Headroom TV Pirating.

Max Headroom signal hijacking - Wikipedia

Probably the Russians.

 

[whitehall]

Why would DB Cooper, who so carefully engineered the most notorious heist in history, store his parachute in his mothers storage bin? The Feds had cigarette butts from the plane. Did they preserve them and can they match it to DNA on the parachute?

 

[Dante]

Old parachute, modified, found in an attic. Can help ID the real McCoy.

Retired pilot, skydiver and YouTuber, Dan Gryder told Cowboy State Daily that he may have found the missing link after uncovering the modified military surplus bailout rig he believes was used by D.B. Cooper in the heist. It belonged to Richard Floyd McCoy II, and was carefully stored in his deceased mother’s storage stash until very recently.
McCoy has long been one of the FBI’s leading suspects after successfully pulling off an identical, but better-executed, hijacking in Utah just five months later.
“That rig is literally one in a billion,” Gryder said of the distinct parachute.
McCoy’s children, Chanté and Richard III, or “Rick,” agree with Gryder that they believe their father was D.B. Cooper, a secret that shrouded the family but wasn’t overtly discussed.
For years, they said, the family stayed mum out of fear of implicating their mother, Karen, whom they believe was complicit in both hijackings. Upon her death in 2020, they broke their silence to Gryder after being contacted by him off and on for years.

Who is D.B. Cooper? New Evidence May Crack One Of America’s Greatest Mysteries

A parachute found in an outbuilding in North Carolina could be the new evidence that may crack the 53-year-old D.B Cooper case. It could lead…

cowboystatedaily.com

For a very long time the government has suspected one man (lacking the solid proof they needed). They knew he did it but couldn't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt shit

 

[Failzero]

1/8th of the Cash was found in a riverside sand bank of the Columbia River in early -1980s so Cooper did not get away with all the Cash

 

[Dante]

Why would DB Cooper, who so carefully engineered the most notorious heist in history, store his parachute in his mothers storage bin? The Feds had cigarette butts from the plane. Did they preserve them and can they match it to DNA on the parachute?

They've known who he is. Couldn't prove it - as a legal standard.

 

[Dante]

cuckoo conspiracy theories live on

 

[Failzero]

cuckoo conspiracy theories live on

There was no Hyjacking ?

 

[Delldude]

Why would DB Cooper, who so carefully engineered the most notorious heist in history, store his parachute in his mothers storage bin? The Feds had cigarette butts from the plane. Did they preserve them and can they match it to DNA on the parachute?

Because the dude wasn't DB.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Seems like every Thanksgiving, new evidence, or new theories come forward.

 

[Failzero]

Because the dude wasn't DB.

He was a serial Hyjacker ?