Bombshell DB Cooper clue could finally solve case after hijacker parachuted out of jet with $200k ransom 53 years ago

A BOMBSHELL caller hint could beryllium the cardinal to cracking the notorious DB Cooper lawsuit that has near investigators stumped for 53 years.

Dan "DB" Cooper was the alias of a transgression who hijacked Northwestern Flight 305 connected November 24, 1971 implicit Portland.

The mysterious skyjacker held the formation for $200,000 ransom, and parachuted retired of the level with his bounty, ne'er to beryllium seen again.

Now, the parachute that DB Cooper utilized to marque his getaway whitethorn person yet been recovered connected the 53rd day of the skyjacking.

The children of DB fishy Richard Floyd McCoy II person yet travel guardant with their claims.

Chante and Richard III 'Rick' McCoy contacted YouTuber Dan Gryder, inviting him into their location successful 2022.

Gryder has been investigating the infamous lawsuit for years and had antecedently reached retired to the siblings.

Speaking to Cowboy State Daily, Gryder believes that a modified subject parachute that was successful the Garage of the McCoy location could beryllium the existent deal.

Gryder said: "That rig is virtually 1 successful a billion."

And the 2 McCoy siblings agree, nevertheless they refrained from coming guardant with their speculation until their parent died, arsenic they believed she was complicit successful her husband's crime.

Many judge McCoy is the infamous hijacker aft helium jumped from a United Airlines formation flying implicit Utah successful 1972, aft $500,000.

Gryder besides revealed that the FBI has contacted him aft detailing his probe connected YouTube.

The amateur researcher claimed FBI agents met with him and Rick successful 2023 to instrumentality the harness and parachute into evidence, arsenic good arsenic a logbook Chante recovered that aligned with the hijacking case.

Following the handover, an FBI cause called Rick a period aboriginal to inquire for support to hunt the household property.

According to Rick, FBI agents with the assistance of section authorities thoroughly searched “every nook and cranny.”

He said: "It’s a bully motion that they’re taking this seriously."

The FBI has yet to instrumentality the evidence, starring Gryder to judge their speculations that the parachute was utilized successful the Cooper hijacking. 

Rick has besides provided DNA samples to the FBI, but the bureau has yet to update the McCoy household of immoderate developments successful the case.

THE REAL DEAL

Earlier this twelvemonth an autarkic researcher obtained the crook's DNA.

Cooper made the daring leap with each his possessions, leaving lone a achromatic JCPenny clip-on necktie down successful his seat.

The necktie has agelong been seen arsenic the astir important hint to assistance yet unlock the mystery.

And Eric Ulis, who has been investigating Cooper for the past 13 years, exclusively revealed to The U.S. Sun connected Monday that the criminal's days of anonymity are present numbered.

Ulis met with Tom Kaye, a idiosyncratic who tested DB Cooper's necktie successful 2009 and 2011 with a peculiar instrumentality that captures particulates successful a filter.

The archetypal crushed for Kaye's tests was to analyse the accessory for traces of definite metals, chemicals, and pollen.

However, the instrumentality is besides susceptible of capturing DNA - a realization precocious made by Ulis and Kaye.

Kaye's filter - which has been hermetically sealed for the past 13 years - possesses Cooper's DNA with "100% certainty", the brace say.

They present program to stock the filter with a state-of-the-art laboratory to behaviour metagenomic DNA analysis, an precocious benignant of investigation that enables scientists to abstracted idiosyncratic strands of DNA.

HUNTING COOPER

DB Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Flight 305 connected November 24, 1971, during a abbreviated travel betwixt Portland and Seattle.

Shortly aft take-off, Cooper handed a note to a formation attendant sitting down him, informing her helium had a weaponry successful his briefcase.

In speech for the lives of the 36 different passengers and six unit connected board, the mild-mannered highjacker demanded $200,000 successful stacks of $20 bills and 4 parachutes.

When the formation landed successful Seattle, the currency and parachutes were exchanged for each of the passengers and immoderate of the crew.

Following Cooper's instructions, the Boeing 727 was refueled and took disconnected for a 2nd clip - this clip successful the absorption of Mexico City.

But astir 8 pm, determination implicit southwest Washington, a airy flashed up connected the instrumentality sheet successful the cockpit, indicating the rear exit doorway had been opened.

With that, Cooper was gone, parachuting retired into the stormy nighttime entity with his ransom successful tow.

Virtually all traces of Cooper vanished therein.

The lone point near down connected Flight 305 by Cooper was a black, clip-on JCPenney necktie with a golden pin.

The lone different hint yielded of Cooper since came successful 1980 erstwhile a young lad digging on the banks of the Columbia River successful Tena barroom unearthed $5,800 successful $20 bills buried successful the earth.

The serial numbers of the bills matched those issued to Cooper during the skyjacking but the find failed to output immoderate caller leads.

More than 800 imaginable suspects were eyed by the FBI successful the years aft the heist, though nary were deemed a compelling match.

Today, the incidental remains the lone unsolved skyjacking successful US history.