Nov 2, 2020 · At least six letters—typed, handwritten and made using ransom-style cut out letters—were sent to several newspapers soon after the hijacking, all claiming to be from Cooper. The FBI...

Embargoed until 11/19/17: An ongoing FOIA suit against the Bureau has uncovered a 1971 D.B. Cooper letter, mailed 17 days after the jump, with clues about a fugitive that appears to be very much alive.

Jun 28, 2018 · The infamous skyjacker known as D.B. Cooper revealed his real identity through a hidden message in a letter to The Oregonian in March 1972, just a few months after he parachuted from Northwest ...

Nov 19, 2017 · Five letters, sent allegedly by Cooper to newspapers from several locations up and down the West Coast, were collected by the FBI. Four were reported at the time, but the fifth, the only...

Aug 3, 2018 · Sherwood believes he found the answer that has stumped the FBI for 47 years. He says it was hidden in the 1971 letter and another allegedly written by the hijacker in 1972. Who is D.B....

Nov 19, 2017 · Last month, the FBI released a copy of the letter that was sent to The Post in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by acclaimed D.B. Cooper sleuth Tom Colbert, a Los...

Jan 4, 2018 · Now, more than 45 years after the crime, independent investigators believe they’ve caught D.B. Cooper. That is, they believe they’ve identified who he really is -- thanks to that taunting...

Oct 24, 2024 · The DB Cooper letters, sent after a daring plane hijacking, remain a captivating mystery. They offer tantalizing clues but raise more questions than answers, fueling endless fascination and speculation. Despite decades of investigation, the true identity and fate of DB Cooper remain unknown.

Jul 13, 2016 · The F.B.I. has discontinued its investigation into the airplane hijacking that saw the man later known as D.B. Cooper jump out of the back of the plane with a parachute and $200,000 dollars in...

Jul 16, 2016 · A handwritten letter signed “D.B. Cooper” and mailed to a Vancouver newspaper in 1971 was one of 95 pieces of evidence in a cold-case investigation that’s the subject of a new documentary on the History Channel.