The FBI is looking into a witness' account that the hijacker who in 1971 bailed out of an airplane over a Pacific Northwest forest with a $200,000 ransom actually died only 10 years ago.
A few charred $20 bills in the forest, a bunch of unidentified fingerprints and a few witnesses' descriptions are among the tantalizing bits of evidence left by elusive airline hijacker D.B. Cooper, who parachuted out of a Boeing 727 with a $200,000 ransom in 1971 and vanished.
The mysterious Cooper became a legend for outsmarting corporate America and evading the FBI for 40 years. But now investigators are pursuing a new lead that might put the case to rest — or not.
The FBI's Seattle office is looking into a tip from a witness who contends the hijacker died 10 years ago, FBI Special Agent Frederick Gutt said Monday. The witness was brought to the FBI's attention by a retired law enforcement officer, Gutt said.
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