What's his real name and where's the money?
2006-12-21 05:29:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
In 1971, D.B. Cooper (no one knows his name) hijacked and threatened to blow up an airliner, extorted $200,000 from its owner, Northwest Orient, then leaped from the airborne 727 with 21 pounds of $20 bills strapped to his torso. He Jumped over SW Washington. He was never seen again—dead or alive.
2006-12-21 05:58:19 · answer #1 · answered by dem_dogs 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think they ever figured out his real name. As for the money, I heard on a TV show awhile ago that they found some of the money under some sand near a river. They made it sound like it had just washed up there, not like somebody had buried it. That show implied that maybe DB didn't live through his jump. Maybe he did though, and just left some money to throw them off. Who knows?
http://www.columbian.com/history/profiles/cooper.cfm
2006-12-21 05:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by kelsey 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The $5800 that was recovered was in bad shape. It was falling apart and had obviously been exposed to the elements for some time. Most of the primary investigators believe that he died in the jump because the usual behaviors of a windfall crime (neuveau [sp?] riche spending sprees, drugs, hangers-on) were all checked out and discarded. Of course, they had a huge multi-state area to cover. I, too, believe that he died. But this I know: his fame will grow in time until he's in with the Bonnies & Clydes and the James Gangs of the crime world.
2006-12-21 10:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Prime suspects include Richard McCoy, Jr., Duane Weber and, less likely, John List. $5,800 of the $200,000 ransom money was found beside the Columbia River northwest of Vancouver, WA. Otherwise we don't know where the money is.
2006-12-21 05:50:09 · answer #4 · answered by CanProf 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no individual is acquainted with for particular even in spite of the undeniable fact that the a number of funds that he left the plane with develop into modern in a decomposed state by technique of a youthful boy alongside the banks of the Columbia River 15+ years in the past.
2016-11-28 02:19:13 · answer #5 · answered by obyrne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's the guy who jumped out of a plane with m opney or something
2006-12-21 23:52:57 · answer #6 · answered by Hector 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAD TO KNOW HIM...............TO LOVE HIM........<3.................ALWAYS & FOREVER, TOM COOPER..................WITH ALL MY HEART....HOPE TO BE WITH YOU, SOON..........
2014-08-23 17:35:32 · answer #7 · answered by deborah c 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋