D.B. Cooper mystery may be solved

D.B. Cooper mystery may be solved


It looks like the D.B. Cooper mystery may be solved. The children of a D.B. Cooper suspect have turned over the parachute and canopy used by their father to the FBI.

Major Points:

* The children of a D.B. Cooper suspect handed over new evidence to the FBI because they think their dad was the culprit.

* A parachute long hidden on family property in North Carolina is said to match the type used in the only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history.

* The suspect in question was arrested for a similar skyjacking just months following the D.B. Cooper event.

“That rig is literally one in a billion,” Gryder told Cowboy State Daily after releasing a series on YouTube about his suspicions. It was that YouTube series, Gryder said, that drew the FBI back into the case.

According to Gryder, the FBI now has the parachute and harness that were once tucked away in a storage shed on family property in North Carolina, along with a harness and a skydiving logbook that Chanté claims show D.B. Cooper’s movements near Oregon and Utah (the locations of the two skyjacking events). This is the first real movement from the FBI on the case since the bureau closed it in 2016—even if some former personnel claimed it remained secretly open.

McCoy is an intriguing suspect—one who was later passed over because many FBI personnel had come to believe that the real D.B. Cooper died in the jump by the time McCoy surfaced as a possibility. And McCoy didn’t exactly match the physical description, as he was much younger—27 years old at the time—than the original estimation of Cooper’s mid-40s age.

McCoy would have had the have the chops to commit the famous crime, though. He proved it in April of 1972, when he successfully pulled off the skyjacking of a United Airlines flight after demanding $500,000. He boarded the plane in Denver, and was able to get it diverted to San Francisco, have his demands met, and force the plane back into the air. McCoy then jumped from the plane over Utah and was arrested by the FBI within three days, thanks to an anonymous tip. (wonder if his wife turned him in...lol)

A lot more info in the Yahoo News Article located here ...

The parachute matches the one described/used by D.B. Cooper. The suspect is convicted skyjacker Richard McCoy (go figure). His children kept the chute and their fathers' jump logs hidden until after their mother died....out of respect for their mother.

Youtube vid below explains it all. You have to skim a bit because there is a lot of "blah, blah, blah" in it but, it also has some good info. The video was uploaded eight days ago and the uploader states that there will be a bigger channel covering the story...



It will be interesting to see if this case has finally been solved.

Thanks!
blend

a reply to: blend

Oh, that was an interesting one as well.

I kind of hope it turns out not to be solved.

Just that kind of tale.

RIP DB Cooper, who ever you were.

a reply to: blend

There's still the mystery of what happened to the money, and why some of the bills were found washed up on a beach fairly far from the suspected scene.

a reply to: blend

Dang it you beat me to it! This is one of my favorite mysteries because I am OBSESSED with airplanes. I didn't see this video I'm gonna watch it when I get done at work.

So many cold cases getting solved these past couple years is wonderful.

I think maybe he dropped the money or it fell off of him somehow when he jumped. OR maybe he buried it or some of it.

originally posted by: Shoshanna
I think maybe he dropped the money or it fell off of him somehow when he jumped. OR maybe he buried it or some of it.

Or given that, if he survived and therefore got away with it, he was probably smart enough to throw a wad of notes into the sea to throw his pursuers off his scent.

It’s all lies! Lies I say! It was really Loki on a dare.

db cooper loki pictures comparison

a reply to: blend

I've always been fascinated by the DB Cooper caper, not sure why. I think part of it had to do with the fact I always liked Treat Williams who was the star of the of the motion picture...'The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper'. Plus, I always kind of liked the idea of the bad guy getting away with the loot in bold style. And, you have to admit, jumping out of a Boeing 727, at night, over a massive forest, is pretty high-flying style if there ever was such a thing. Though my one issue was the hijacking part because I've practically lived my life in the air, and hijacking was a real thing and a worry back in the 70's.

I always believed Cooper somehow got away with it, and never really believed he died in the '71 jump as the FBI thought.

What I find interesting about the story now is the backstory behind Richard McCoy. The fact that McCoy turned around and did the nearly same exact thing again just a year later in 1972 is just crazy. Plus, when you add in the fact he escaped from federal prison only to be shot and killed by local cops in 1974 really shows how hardcore this guy truly was.

Another interesting element is McCoy was sentenced to 45 years, an unusually harsh penalty for a crime in which no one was injured. But, the mindset of the judge and jury was, at the time, to have the penalty serve as a deterrent for any other D.B. Cooper copycats. Little did they know McCoy was the "real" D.B. Cooper! That's pretty crazy.

All in all, it's one of the great mysteries of modern times. In some respects I'm almost a little sad it has been all but solved. Now, it seems, the tale finally comes to an end.

I'm glad he survived. Seems a more fitting end than he jumped, he died.

And good on the kids for keeping that quiet for their mom's sake.

Can you imagine keeping that secret?

a reply to: chiefsmom

Just imagine the conversation which must have taken place!....

"Okay kids, now your dad has been sent away to prison for doing a bad thing, but what the authorities don't know is that wasn't the only thing he did. A year before he did the thing in Utah, he did the same thing in Denver, and the reason we get to live in this nice house is because of that, so it's really important you never tell anyone, and I mean any-one...because we might not be able to live here anymore. And you don't want that, right?"

In all actuality, the wife could have easily been charged with aiding and abetting McCoy. She had to have known. She absolutely knew about the '72 incident, so I'm sure at some point McCoy told her of the previous one too.

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Can they compel a wife to testify against her husband in the USA?

I mean i tend to agree she most likely had to know about it.

As to complicity through, I'm not sure, could be all the same.

I mean if you know your husband committed a crime, but its in the past, are you obligated to inform authorities of his actions?

The fifth ammendment protects the wife from having to spill the beans. reply to: andy06shake

originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

I mean if you know your husband committed a crime, but its in the past, are you obligated to inform authorities of his actions?

Depends on if you want to be charged as an accessory after the fact

a reply to: chiefsmom

That secret for all that time is indeed admirable.

I think it's a safe bet the current generation would have made a TikTok.

a reply to: andy06shake

So, a good question. Technically, no, no one can be compelled to incriminate themselves. This is the essence of the 5th Amendment to the US Constitution. However, a wife can be complicit, or even be an accomplice, in a crime. Neither can be forced to testify against each other, but the reason for this is because no person can be forced to testify period. Any person can remain silent during a court proceeding. So, when you couple those two legal principles together, the answer to your question is "no".

In this case, the wife could have been charged with aiding and abetting, via separate charges, if it was proven the wife knowingly concealed the crime from authorities and somehow benefited from it. She would not be compelled to come forward with this crime, it would be incumbent upon the prosecution to build a case against her, separate from the case against the husband.

Now, regarding your 2nd question about it being in the past. Again, technically, the answer is no. Much for the same reasons as the 1st question. Failure to admit a crime is a crime in and of itself, but generally the law assumes this to be the case in any criminal case where the defendant pleads to anything other than "guilty". So, in other words, a person being charged with a crime is assumed (by the prosecution) to be lying about their claims of innocence. If a jury finds for the prosecution and a conviction is handed down, then the act of lying is part and parcel of the conviction and rolled into the sentence. It's not treated as a separate act.

a reply to: PorkChop96

I guess its is possible that a person could be charged as an accessory after the fact.

But thats if they knowingly assist someone who has committed a crime by my understanding.

Would mealy omitting the fact that you know you husband had committed a crime in the past constitute such?

I guess it would depend on the circumstances and the laws of the jurisdiction where the crime occurred.

The reason I'm asking questions is I'm not sure as to the laws in the US in their totality.

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Ta.

a reply to: blend

Awesome S/F I always thought the “Dogs” chomped him up!

a reply to: 320MPH

I am not sure its the reason I'm asking.

a reply to: andy06shake

There's actually a great recent example of your question(s). This would be the case of the State of Idaho vs. Lori Vallow, and the State of Idaho vs Chad Daybell, concerning the murder of their two children, Tylee and JJ.

In this particular case Vallow was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life terms for murder, and Daybell was sentenced to death, also for murder. There are other charges still pending.

a reply to: andy06shake

Not sure about other states, but the one I am in, if you are simply driving your buddy around and he robs a gas station without you knowing that makes you an accessory.


"An accessory after the fact is someone who helps a person who has already committed a crime, with the intent of helping them avoid punishment or arrest"

If someone commits a crime and you know about it after they did it and don't report, that makes you an accessory after the fact.