
D.B. Cooper: The Hijacker Who Got Away
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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How Old Would Cooper Be if He Was Alive to Day?
In 19 76, five years after the high jacking, the statute of limitations became a concern. Could we find him through ne new d an a technology, like we discussed an episode 38? It's possible. Searching modern d an a data bases, using old d and a from crimes crime scenes to identify a criminal's family of origin is one of our best ways of solving cold cases. And as with joseph d angelo, the golden state killer, i'm many cases will be solved this way in coming years. In fact, many already have been solved. This way. The fbi announced in two thousand seven that they'd been able to get a partial d and
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 Fifty years ago, Dan Cooper boarded a short flight to Seattle and then hijacked the plane. After getting $200,00 in ransom, he parachuted out of the plane, never to be seen again. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who he really was, how he pulled off the plot, and what happened to him after.
Fifty years ago, Dan Cooper boarded a short flight to Seattle and then hijacked the plane. After getting $200,00 in ransom, he parachuted out of the plane, never to be seen again. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who he really was, how he pulled off the plot, and what happened to him after.
