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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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