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...
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...
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 cold case team accuses FBI of “stonewalling”
N.Y. DAILY NEWS;
by Reporter Megan Cerullo;
February 1, 2018;
At the conclusion of a seven-year investigation, a team of independent sleuths believes it has uncovered infamous skyjacker D.B. Cooper’s true identity.
Documentary...
New Evidence May Hold Key Clue to Identifying Cooper
Inside Edition
January 5, 2018
Investigators dedicated to solving the notorious 1971 hijacking of a Boeing 727 believe they’ve finally discovered the identity of the air bandit known as D.B. Cooper...
Sleuth claims hidden encryption links Cooper letter to highly trained Vietnam vet
FOX NEWS Website; by Ryan Gaydos; 1/5/18;
A stream of numbers at the bottom of a typed letter believed sent by the mysterious fugitive D.B. Cooper came from a man...
Gumshoes say coded clues in Cooper letter reveal their man
New York Daily News
by Megan Cerullo, January 4, 2018
A team of stalwart investigators committed to solving a decades-old cold case think they have definitively identified the infamous skyjacker known...
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...
Code-breaking could reveal D.B. Cooper’s true identity
Daily Mail
January 8th, 2018
Rod Ardehali/Mailonline & James Wilkinson
Dogged independent investigators examining documents reportedly sent by D.B. Cooper believe a secret coded message may finally have confirmed the true identity...
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...