SMRTR Science & EngineeringNov 26, 2024Interesting Engineering

Secret parachute may have revealed DB Cooper identity after 5 decades, FBI reopens case

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The FBI has reopened the DB Cooper case after 50 years due to new evidence potentially linking convicted skyjacker Richard McCoy II to the infamous 1971 crime. McCoy's children claim to have found a modified parachute and logbook that could prove their father was DB Cooper, prompting the FBI to search family property and examine the evidence.

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