Astorian’s Long Quest for the Truth
He saw more than a con-man
For four months in late 1971, a vacationing “Swiss baron” pilot, Norman de Winter, charmed his way through two Oregon communities while grifting thousands...
New potential evidence emerges in D.B. Cooper hijacking case
New York Daily News, by Megan Cerullo; Sunday, 8/20/17
A team of sleuths said the FBI has accepted more material that could be linked to D.B. Cooper’s 46-year-old cold case.
The potential evidence,...
B.C. has link to infamous D.B. Cooper hijacking case
CHERYL CHAN Vancouver Sun
Published on: July 16, 2016 | Last Updated: July 16, 2016 11:26 PM PDT
A handwritten letter signed “D.B. Cooper” and mailed to a Vancouver newspaper in 1971...
Sleuth: Letter held by FBI, now released by judge, is Cooper’s
Fox News Website; by Robert Gearty, 11/19/17
Newly-released FBI documents pertaining to the D.B. Cooper hijacking case include a letter that may only deepen the mystery surrounding the notorious unsolved crime,...
Cold case team cracks D. B. Cooper’s Army code
DAILY ASTORIAN;
By Erick Bengel; Friday, January 05, 2018;
A hidden code written in a court-released D.B. Cooper letter, held by the FBI for 46 years, appears to be the game-changer...
Private Investigators Ask FBI To Take Another Look at Cooper Skyjacking
KCBS (L.A., CA)
July 13, 2016; Reporter Randy Page (2:09 minutes)
A group of independent investigators, including retired FBI agents, are asking the bureau to take another look at a 1971...
Sleuths: Hijacker brags of escape, outfoxing FBI in encrypted note
NEWSWEEK; By Maria Perez, Friday, June 29, 2018;
An investigative team led by former FBI agents claims it has unmasked a coded message in a 1972 letter from the infamous...
Loot/Chute Burial Sites
MOVIE MAKERS, TRUE-CRIME READERS & "COOPERITES": 2021 UPDATE
Court-released FBI records, along with supporting documents from retired military-intel commanders, collectively conclude the missing ’71 hijacker was Robert W. Rackstraw Sr....
Hoosier says he broke Cooper’s secret code, then shows us how
INDIANAPOLIS STAR, Article #1; By Tim Evans; August 8, 2018;
Wheatfield, Ind. — It was the incongruous string of numbers in a December 11, 1971 letter that first attracted Rick...