Category Archives: DB Cooper

The Hunt for DB Cooper – The Resurgent Investigation into America’s only Unsolved Skyjacking – Chapter 1, Preface and Introduction

Posted on June 9, 2012 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith  Preface    This posting begins my online publication of my book on DB Cooper, the unsolved skyjacking case that took place in 1971 and today still ranks in the top-ten of American true crime mysteries.  Titled The … Continue reading →

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – looking for the Amboy chute

Posted on May 14, 2012 by brucesmith49

  by Bruce A. Smith  In 2009, the FBI announced that it had located a parachute that was found buried in Amboy, Washington, in the heart of DB Cooper’s purported jump zone.

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – Interview with Nick O’Hara, the FBI agent who shot skyjacker Richard McCoy

Posted on April 10, 2012 by brucesmith49

  by Bruce A. Smith  Retired FBI agent Nick O’Hara spoke with the Mountain News this week concerning his role in the slaying of Cooper-esque skyjacker, Richard McCoy.  McCoy hijacked a jetliner five months after DB Cooper, and used techniques … Continue reading →

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Suspects in the DB Cooper skyjacking – sketches, pictures and comparisons

Posted on February 23, 2012 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith As part of the resurgent investigation into the DB Cooper skyjacking case, there has been a recent effort by private sleuths to show pictures of the various suspects to the passengers from the hijacked aircraft. Here … Continue reading →

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – A basket of cheer for Sheridan

Posted on January 7, 2012 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith  I found Sheridan Peterson, sort of, but he defintely got his basket of cheer.

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Top Mountain News Stories of 2011

Posted on December 28, 2011 by brucesmith49

~ 1.  The Mountain News-WA launches on February 7, 2011 After months of planning and preparations, the Mountain News-WA flickered into life upon our computer screens with our first posting on February 7.  Eleven months later we’ve reached 100,000-plus hits and posted 230 … Continue reading →

Posted in Bethel News, Business, Cops and courts, Culture, DB Cooper, Eatonville News, Environment, Frederickson, Graham News, Judy Spiers, Newbie in Graham, NTCC, Paula Morris, Pets and livestock, Politics, Self Reliance, South Hill, Spanaway, Uncategorized | 9 Comments

DB Cooper – Boeing clams up on employment record of skyjacking suspect

Posted on December 15, 2011 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith Boeing seems to be pulling the curtains closed over Dewey Max Cooper’s employment record at the aircraft manufacturer.   Dewey Cooper is reportedly an accomplice in the 40-year old DB Cooper skyjacking case, as announced by his … Continue reading →

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DB Cooper: update on Marla Cooper – examining her credibility and ethical implications to her family if her story is true

Posted on December 12, 2011 by brucesmith49

~ By Bruce A. Smith  It’s been almost two weeks since Marla Cooper made her remarkable announcement on November 30, 2011 that Curtis Eng, the FBI’s case agent in the DB Cooper skyjacking, had told her he was “convinced” that … Continue reading →

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DB Cooper – Marla Cooper says FBI case agent “convinced” her uncle is skyjacker; claims FBI will close case shortly

Posted on December 2, 2011 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith  In earth-shaking developments, Marla Cooper, the young woman from Oklahoma who has claimed her uncle, Lynn Doyle Cooper was the infamous skyjacker DB Cooper, announced Thursday evening that the FBI’s Cooper case agent, Curtis Eng, had … Continue reading →

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DB Cooper Symposium delivers solid information and analysis

Posted on November 29, 2011 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith  The first annual gathering of DB Cooper sleuths took place over the weekend at the Hilton Hotel in Portland, Oregon, and participants were engulfed with the enthusiasm generated in the case by the 40th Anniversary of … Continue reading →

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