Category Archives: DB Cooper

Earl Cossey’s son speaks to media

Posted on May 30, 2013 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith Wayland Cossey, the son of Earl Cossey, spoke today to a gathering of media at the King County Sheriff’s Office in Shoreline.  Due to personal health issues I was unable to attend, but Sgt. Cindi West, … Continue reading →

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Update of the Earl Cossey murder investigation – more reward money to be offered

Posted on May 21, 2013 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith Additional updates added 5. 24. 13 Sgt Cindi West told the Mountain News on Tuesday that the family of Earl Cossey intends to raise the amount of reward offered for the Good Samaritan who returned Coss’ … Continue reading →

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Update on the murder of Earl Cossey, an analysis of his role in the DB Cooper case

Posted on May 4, 2013 by brucesmith49

 By Bruce A. Smith The following is an excerpt from my upcoming book: Sky Thief – A Report on the DB Cooper Hijacking.  Earl Cossey, the controversial rigger and long-time consultant to the FBI on the parachutes used in the … Continue reading →

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – The murder of Earl Cossey confirmed

Posted on May 1, 2013 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith  The murder of Earl Jay Cossey, aged 71, has been confirmed today by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. They also announced that the cause of death was blunt force to the head, and that the … Continue reading →

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – Earl Cossey feared dead in Woodinville homicide

Posted on April 27, 2013 by brucesmith49

April 27, 2013 Earl Cossey, the controversial parachute rigger and long-time consultant to the FBI on the chutes used in the DB Cooper skyjacking, may be dead in an apparent homicide at his home in Woodinville.

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – An interview with a so-called Cooper copycat – skyjacker Robb Dolin Heady

Posted on March 28, 2013 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith  I spoke with Robb Dolin Heady this week, a man who hijacked an airliner in 1972 in the style of DB Cooper.   Robb has served his time in prison and has been released for several years.  … Continue reading →

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – I join the Hunt

Posted on February 16, 2013 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith  Yes, I’m part of the resurgence, caught up in the swell like a giddy newbie.  That’s not to say I had never heard of DB Cooper and his skyjacking, for I had, but I was 22 … Continue reading →

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – An in-depth look at the resurgence to solve America’s most mysterious skyjacking

Posted on February 15, 2013 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith The Resurgence – The Internet, DNA, and the Legacy of Larry Carr  The resurgent investigation of DB Cooper didn’t begin with just one dramatic act, but rather, was a slow convergence of technology and cultural events.  … Continue reading →

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – Who was Cooper? What is known

Posted on February 6, 2013 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith Although the DB Cooper skyjacking ranks in the top-ten of American true crime mysteries, and nothing of DB Cooper or his heist has ever been found except a bundle of $5,800 found 8 years after the … Continue reading →

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The Hunt for DB Cooper – An overview of the citizen sleuth team assembled by FBI case agent Larry Carr

Posted on February 3, 2013 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith   The Citizen Sleuths (CS) are a group of scientists and Norjak experts brought together by Special Agent Larry Carr early in his tenure as the Cooper case agent.

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