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The Hunt for DB Cooper: Looking for Tina – seeking a partnership with her sister, Jane Dormuth

by Bruce A. Smith  Flight attendant Tina Muckow is the primary witness to the DB Cooper skyjacking, the only unsolved skyjacking in the history of the United States.  Not only did Cooper escape with his ransom of $200,000, he has … Continue reading

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – report on 727s used by World Airways in covert Vietnam ops

  A wide-spread notion exists that DB Cooper learned his considerable skills about jumping off the aft stairs of a 727 as a combatant in the covert and illegal military operations of the Vietnam War.  In particular, he knew quite a bit … Continue reading

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Japanese TV crew in area filming DB Cooper episode

by Bruce A. Smith A Japanese TV film crew has been in the area this week, and on Thursday they interviewed me on the topic of DB Cooper – the legendary skyjacker who parachuted into the night air over western Washington … Continue reading

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – an interview with retired FBI agent, Ralph Himmelsbach

   On January 30, 2011, I interviewed Ralph Himmelsbach, the now-retired FBI agent who had been the lead agent for the Bureau’s Portland, Oregon office in the DB Cooper case.  Mr. Himmelsbach, a career FBI agent, served as Portland’s lead Cooper investigator … Continue reading

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Why Hunt for DB Cooper?

   A commentary on the resurgent investigation into America’s only unsolved skyjacking   Perhaps one of the biggest crime mysteries to involve the lands of the Mountain News is the DB Cooper skyjacking case.  It may also be one of … Continue reading

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – the Barb Dayton confession

The Barb Dayton confession: as told by Ron and Pat Forman  The Legend of DB Cooper – Death by Natural Causes   One of the most notable confessions to the DB Cooper skyjacking has come from a pilot at Pierce County … Continue reading

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – Looking for Tina Muckow, the primary witness

Part I:  Initial investigations –  August 2008 – October 2010 Tina Mucklow, the flight attendant that served as DB Cooper’s emissary in his exchange of communications with the pilots and the FBI, and was later kept aboard as he prepared to make his … Continue reading

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