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...
Northwest couple learns escape story, directs team to buried find
Story Sources Russ and Kristy Cooper
'Parachute Strap' discovery spot may also hide D.B. Cooper's ransom
By James Wilksinson, for DailyMail.com; August 10, 2017
A team of volunteer investigators may have found...
Rackstraw: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
It was easy for D.B. Cooper to vanish in 1971; there were no airport flight screenings, computer background checks, surveillance cameras, cell-phone tracking or CSI crews.
The skyjacker’s decades as...
FBI accused of cover-up after 46-year-old “Cooper letter” surfaces
Newsweek Magazine; by Christal Hayes, November 20, 2017
The notorious case of the mysterious plane hijacker known as D.B. Cooper just took another curious turn, which has some saying the...
End of the mystery?
Man believed to be notorious fugitive D.B. Cooper has died
FOX NEWS (Video package); By Louis Casiano & Johnathan Hunt;...
Startling coded evidence upends the D.B. Cooper case
OREGONIAN; by Douglas Perry; January 3, 2018;
“Sirs, I knew from the start that I wouldn’t be caught,” the letter begins.
Postmarked Dec. 11, 1971, it was signed, “D.B. Cooper,” the...
D.B. Cooper: FBI gets more ‘evidence’ and a getaway tale
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, by Daniel M. Demay; August 20, 2017
Just days after a piece of fabric — thought to be from a parachute used by the mysterious hijacker D.B. Cooper...
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,...
“Stunning” Army-coded message reveals Cooper’s identity
THE OREGONIAN; By Doug Perry; Thursday, June 28, 2018;
J. Edgar Hoover's lab staff missed all 6 Army codes
The infamous skyjacker known as D.B. Cooper encrypted his real identity in...