FBI renews D.B. Cooper investigation

January 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I’m not sure why, but as a kid I was fascinated by the story of D.B. Cooper. Probably because only a Hollywood screenwriter could come up with this plot: Dan “D.B.” Cooper (a pseudonym) hijacked a Boeing 727 in 1971, obtained a $200,000 ransom, then jumped out of the back of the jet as it flew over a Washington forest. Cooper was never found (though some of the money was). Now the FBI is renewing its investigation into the mysterious case. One break came in 2001 when the feds were able to pull DNA samples off a tie Cooper left behind on the plane.

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