He demanded $200,000, four parachutes and a refuel.
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At the time, Gorney noted, Himmelsbach was fielding calls from all over the country and responding to mail from as far away as Germany and investigating just about everything in between, including examining trousers “found slung on Washington treetops (hoax)”, and chasing “after men too short and men too young and men whose alibis place them firmly far away from the Northwest skies that night”. Terming it as “one of the longest and most exhaustive investigations” in FBI history, the bureau added that it has now redirected all resources allocated to the case to other urgent investigations.
With respect to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, this is total fucking bullshit; new investigative technology is being devised every single day-recall that the nation barely knew what DNA evidence was during the OJ Simpson trial, and 20 years later it’s seen as nearly a necessity to close a case? He’s never been found, though some of the stolen money was recovered. Would we still like to get our man? “It takes time and resources away from my other cases, where there are victims now. Where there’s problems and crimes now”.
The D B Cooper mystery A man said to be calling himself Dan Cooper boarded the Northwest Orient Airlines for Seattle in Portland, Oregon, on 24 November, 1971. One leading fan theory for the television drama Mad Men, set in the 1960s, posited that Don Draper would eventually turn out to be DB Cooper. “He ordered a drink – bourbon and soda – while the flight was waiting to take off”. Shortly after takeoff, he handed a note to a flight attendant that said he had a bomb and he was hijacking the plane. The temperature at 10,000 feet, the altitude he jumped from was 7 below zero, not including the minus 70 degree wind chill. And after all these years, his identity has never been established. Interestingly, the announcement comes just after the conclusion of a two-night special about Cooper on the History Channel, D.B. These include pieces of the parachute and Cooper’s black tie, as well as $5,800 in $20 bills – found by a boy in 1980 – that matched the serial numbers of the ransom money.
The FBI has identified more than 100 persons of interest since the case started, Eng said.
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The “longest and most exhaustive investigation” in USA history is now a cold case. To see justice served. The skyjacking remains the only one of its kind that’s remained unsolved on the FBI’s books. “But that happens sometimes – either we’re not able to solve it or much time passes before it can be resolved”.
