Did DB Cooper Survive ?

[Rick Lee]

Is there a statute of limitations on what he did?

[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by jwgn777

According to the tv documentary they seem to think he got the idea from comic books that describe a man named Dan Cooper who jumped from planes. The FBI are looking for some one who might finds these comic books in an attic or basement.

That show on the History Channel with the bald guy author and his team? Oh, that was terrible. Hardly a documentary.

[jyl]

I imagine someone has done a statistical analysis of the probability that none of the 10,000 bills was detected assuming they all went onto circulation save the three bundles. Considering velocity and lifespan of a paper bill, how widely disseminated the serial numbers were/weren't, etc. Anyone seen that?

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Is there a statute of limitations on what he did?

Interesting academia law question. Laws were passed subsequent to his hijack. Can he be charged with a law that did not exist when he did the deed?

I'm sure he nevertheless broke some laws, but I doubt crimes involving interstate movements, federal law, etc, get the statute.

[jwgn777]

Originally Posted by Aragorn

I think he survived the jump. Most of the documentaries and tv shows on this seem to think he had some type of jump training, most likely military. He also had a working knowledge of this type of jet and the speed they needed to go to get to his jump point and survive. I think the D.B. Cooper name was a reporter mistake and his fake name was really put down as Dan Cooper and not D.B.

If I had to put forth a best guess on who D.B. was, he was probably either Kenneth Christiansen or Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. They seem to be the most likely suspects this many years latter.

The story would make a good movie.

Both of those men Christiansen or Richard Floyd are they still alive? You would think they would fess up right before they were to pass away.

[Aragorn]

Originally Posted by jwgn777

Both of those men Christiansen or Richard Floyd are they still alive? You would think they would fess up right before they were to pass away.

Both are dead. McCoy died in a shootout after being convicted of hijacking another plane in a similar fashion to Cooper. Christiansen died of cancer in the mid 1990's. Christiansen had training, motive, and a lot of money in the bank at his death. McCoy could have just been a copycat criminal, but fit the physical description to the letter of Cooper.

There are other suspects out there but we are approaching the point where we will never know who did this because everyone involved is dying off. The only way I think it can be solved is to link the DNA evidence collected at the time of the crime to some relative of one of the suspects.

As to the SOL, I think Cooper (aka John Doe) has been indicted by a grand jury before the SOL ran out so he can be prosecuted once found.

[pa911]

I think someone would have reported a person missing if he had actually died.D. B. Cooper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

I hope the case is never definitively solved. Some area legends should remain legendary.

D.B and Jimmy Hoffa are having a beer together somewhere.

[jwgn777]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

D.B and Jimmy Hoffa are having a beer together somewhere.

I think the rumor was that Jimmy Hoffa was buried under Giant Stadium. LOL

[Por_sha911]

The Meadowlands in a concrete foundation somewhere.