LAGC
11-24-2011, 08:30 AM
In 1971, skyjacker D.B. Cooper parachuted into the night sky over Washington and vanished.
Now, FBI agents have something they don’t often get in a 40-year-old criminal case: new physical evidence.
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He said the team identified the titanium on Cooper’s tie using an electron microscope.
Titanium is used in things from golf clubs to cookware these days, but in 1971 it was extremely rare.
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“Coming up with a profile that narrows him down to hundreds of people instead of millions we think is pretty significant,” he said.
http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/23/8982109-40-years-later-new-evidence-emerges-in-db-cooper-case
Wow, the Feds are STILL working on this case?!
Sounds like they may finally be able to track him down... bet the money is long gone though.
:laugh:
I can't believe the Feds were dumb enough to actually give him real money in the first place... imagine someone trying that in this post-9/11 environment... Federal authorities would react totally differently, I suspect.
Now, FBI agents have something they don’t often get in a 40-year-old criminal case: new physical evidence.
..
..
He said the team identified the titanium on Cooper’s tie using an electron microscope.
Titanium is used in things from golf clubs to cookware these days, but in 1971 it was extremely rare.
..
..
“Coming up with a profile that narrows him down to hundreds of people instead of millions we think is pretty significant,” he said.
http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/23/8982109-40-years-later-new-evidence-emerges-in-db-cooper-case
Wow, the Feds are STILL working on this case?!
Sounds like they may finally be able to track him down... bet the money is long gone though.
:laugh:
I can't believe the Feds were dumb enough to actually give him real money in the first place... imagine someone trying that in this post-9/11 environment... Federal authorities would react totally differently, I suspect.