Brightbridge Wealth Management Headlines:D.B. Cooper hijacking mystery is revived with a ‘credible’ new tip

A retired law enforcement official reportedly tipped the FBI to a connection between a man who died a decade ago and the man known as D.B. Cooper, who leaped from a jetliner he skyjacked in 1971. An FBI official tells a Seattle newspaper the tip is “pretty interesting.”

A 1971 artist’s sketch released by the FBI shows the skyjacker known as “D.B. Cooper.” (FBI)

D.B. Cooper, the infamous hijacker who leaped to fame from a jetliner nearly 40 years ago, may, in fact, be a man who died of natural causes a decade ago, according to a “credible” tip under investigation by the FBI.

The Seattle Times reported Monday that FBI agents requested the personal effects of a possible suspect after receiving a tip from a retired law enforcement official. So far, efforts to connect the dead man to Cooper include attempting to match fingerprints found on the clip-on tie left behind on the aircraft, although nothing conclusive has been discovered, according to the newspaper.

Cooper vaulted into urban mythology by parachuting out of a jetliner over the Pacific Northwest with a $200,000 ransom on Nov. 24, 1971.

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