FBI checking 'our most promising' lead in D.B. Cooper case

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By CASEY MCNERTHNEY, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
Updated 11:05 p.m., Saturday, July 30, 2011

The FBI has what it calls "our most promising" lead to date for a suspect in the infamous 1971 D.B. Cooper case – the nation's only unsolved commercial airplane hijacking.

The name of a man not previously investigated was given to the FBI, and an item that belongs to him was sent for fingerprint work at the agency's Quantico, Va., forensic lab, agency spokeswoman Ayn Sandalo Dietrich told seattlepi.com Saturday.

A law enforcement colleague spoke with someone who may have a strong connection to Cooper, and that law enforcement staffer contacted the FBI, Sandalo Dietrich said.

"With any lead our first step is to assess how credible it is," said Sandalo Dietrich, spokeswoman for the FBI's Seattle office, where the Cooper evidence is kept. "Having this come through another law enforcement , having looked it over when we got it – it seems pretty interesting."



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[Dennis Donovan]

1. There must be one, really-old agent in a corner office...

...working on this case, and he's wondering where his stapler is:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xA4_KCCvHto/TaN8n2Ll6RI/AAAAAAAAADU/4PuDcOp7DAI/s1600/milton+office+space.jpg

:rofl:

[babylonsister]

2. ...

:rofl:

oh, and

:hi:

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Good morning!

:hi:

[malaise]

4. Hope he's not taking up

Office Space
That is one of my favorite movies of all time

[Dennis Donovan]

5. Never fear... Milton's on the case! As soon as he gets his stapler back...

:D :hi:

[classof56]

6. Hey, thanks for the memory!

This prompted me to go to YouTube, where I found the video of "DB Cooper Won't You Please Come Back?", which hit the radio stations soon after DB's (in)famous hijacking adventure. The line in the song, "Not too far from the City of Roses" hit home because that's where I lived at the time--Portland. The story as it unfolded was quite mesmerizing, and for some I knew who'd fallen on hard times, DB was if not a hero, somewhat admired. Took a lot of guts to jump out of that plane on a wintry night with all that money. I've secretly hoped he made it, but seems highly unlikely he did. If so, and this "lead" pans out, will be interesting indeed to learn his true identity and fate. Glad you posted this. I look forward to what the FBI turns up...after 40 years. Wow--they don't give up, huh?

[LLStarks]

7. Considering his choice in parachutes and how the money was found destroyed, I doubt Cooper survived.

This should be interesting.