Special Report: Has the Cooper mystery finally been solved?
By Gary Baum; Hollywood Reporter; Sept. 4, 2019
Long before the...
Californian’s 7-Year Cooper Quest: Results & Reflections
By Gretchen Wenner; Ventura County Star Edition; August 22, 2019;
When a 75-year-old grandfather passed away last month of natural
causes in his San Diego...
Many believe this ‘homeless disabled vet’ was D.B. Cooper
By Morgan Krakow; Washington Post, Wednesday, July 10, 2019;
Robert W. Rackstraw Sr., the targeted subject in a 2016 History Channel documentary about...
End of the mystery?
Man believed to be notorious fugitive D.B. Cooper has died
FOX NEWS (Video package); By Louis Casiano & Johnathan Hunt;...
Former outlaw featured in TV program dies in San Diego
By Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union
Tribune; 7/9/19
He was a high school dropout and U.S.
Army paratrooper trained in explosives and psychological operations. In
addition, he...
D.B. Cooper: Sleuths claim they’ve discovered hijacker’s identity
A private team digging into the cold case says they used a “confession” from the 1970s to finger a former CIA operative, now living in San...
Rackstraw, lead Cooper suspect with Oregon connections, is dead
The Oregonian
By Douglas Perry; Wednesday, July 10,
2019
Robert Rackstraw loved adventure. He
also embraced danger and confrontation. And for a...
D.B. Cooper Mystery Appears Cracked; Californian Suspected
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER; By Ryan Parker, August 9, 2018;
CBS News credits a veteran's "fascinating" code-breaking skills for a "remarkable" development.
It was one of the most mysterious unsolved crimes ever committed,...
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...
PI Team: Skyjacker’s ‘confession’ unmasked in Army-coded letter
N.Y. DAILY NEWS; By Megan Cerullo; Thursday, June 28, 2018;
A team of cold-case investigators claim they’ve decoded a 1972 message by D.B. Cooper — and that it revealed a...