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 Airport, aka Thun Field.  The confession of the pilot, a woman named Barb Dayton, has come to light via her long-time friends, Ron and Pat Forman. 

Thun Field pilot Barb Dayton - DB Cooper?

Barb Dayton and the Formans flew their Cessna 140s out of Thun Field on many weekends during the 1970s and 80s, forming a life-long friendship.  After Barb died of pulmonary disease in 2002, the Formans researched their friend’s claims and describe their findings in their book, “The Legend of DB Cooper – Death by Natural Causes.”  

The following sketch is consdered by many to be the most accurate of the many drawings developed by the FBI.

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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 skydiving getaway, is considered to be the primary witness in the case. 

However, beginning in 1991, she has disappeared from public view.

Her fade-out has become almost as big a mystery as the fate of Cooper himself, and uncovering what has happened to Ms. Mucklow is arguably a critical component to unraveling the entire case, the only unsolved skyjacking in the history of the United States.

This post describes my efforts to find Tina and learn the state of her current well-being, ascertain what happened during the skyjacking, and to determine why she has dropped away from view for nearly two decades. Continue reading →