I'm sure most people remember the story of the infamous hijacker, D.B. Cooper. Cooper has been featured on several TV shows, movies, and of course, the news. On November 24, 1971, a man that called himself by the name of Dan Cooper bought a one-way ticket to Seattle at Portland International Airport.
Not too long after takeoff, Dan Cooper (later referred to as D.B. Cooper by the media) handed a ransom note to a flight attendant. Cooper demanded $200,000 and four parachutes along with a fuel truck to refuel the aircraft once they got to Seattle. Once the Boeing 727-100 was refueled and Cooper received his ransom, he let all of the passengers and crew go except for one flight attendant, pilot, copilot, and engineer. With specific instructions, Cooper told them to head to Mexico City and stop in Reno, Nevada to refuel. However, D.B. Cooper never made it to Reno. Instead, he jumped out the Boeing 727-100 rear door.
The FBI investigated for 47 years and looked into several suspects. However, D.B. Cooper was never found. In 2016, the FBI suspended the investigation due to insufficient manpower.
Flash forward to 2018 and there's new evidence that points to a new suspect thanks to the efforts of Vietnam Veteran Rick Sherwood, who was a code breaker in the Army. Using letters and other materials, Sherman was able to connect D.B. to the suspect according to CBS News. Is the case of D.B. Cooper on its way to being solved?
