Jumping To Conclusions…
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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D.B Cooper—the man who jumped into history books back in 1971 as the only person to get away with hijacking an airplane for ransom—may soon find history books about the case being rewritten…
That’s because a couple of kids in Washington state MAY have found be a key piece of evidence—Cooper’s parachute.
Back in January, we told you in this post how the FBI decided to reopen the case after 36 years hoping new evidence would surface…
And surface it did—quite literally in Amboy, Washington where a man was grading a road…
His kids found some cloth sticking up at the site—and they began digging to unearth it…
Eventually, they revealed a full parachute…
Now, as you can see here—the FBI is trying to figure out if it was the same kind of Military chute given to Cooper as part of his demands during the skyjacking…
The FBI’s had the now retired military rigger who packed Cooper’s chute examine the remains—but they’re not allowing him to talk about what he found during his analysis…
Investigators hint they MAY have more to say about the case later this week…
One more thing to keep in mind.
After he jumped Cooper left behind his necktie…
In 2007, The FBI was able to lift DNA from that tie.
That DNA may ultimately figure into this case.
—Steve
Link to video & story Steve covered today on NBC-17
